oil in air filter

garybryant66 · Mar 9, 2010

i took off the cover to my metal airfilter (1972 series 3 2.25ltr petrol) and there was a little oil in the bottom, should this be there, if not is there a cleaning solution that i should use to clean the filter.

Thanks in advance

pobby · Mar 9, 2010

its a paper elemant right ??

dont be so cheap and just go get a new 1 and simply wipe the oil out of the housing

mind you i bet you will be doing this on a monthlly basis

garybryant66 · Mar 9, 2010

no its a metal one, i haven't had it long (The Landy that is) and i was exporing lol

GRATCH · Mar 9, 2010

if the filter is like this

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:NjWh7cAY0wyFzM:http://www.nkrecovery.co.uk/air%20oil%20bath.JPG

then wash it out and dry, empty the oil from pan and clean,then fill to line(about an inch from bottom-ish) with engine oil and re-fit

pobby · Mar 9, 2010

ah the tall stand up oil bath type
well then my mistake

garybryant66 · Mar 10, 2010

Thanks guys thats the one!

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