Air Filter Cleaning and Oiling

[@jesseleblanc989]

I would add one more step, a fresh water flush in the direction that is backwards to the air flowing using a garden hose nozzle after the hot soapy water bath. Great video! Thank you!

[@1176hambone]

I do that too

[@Isaac804ab1]

I do this also lol

[@stuartatkinson3784]

Another option that has worked well for me are the filter skins. I put them over a clean filter and throw them away after a 2-3 rides. They are cheap and I don’t notice a loss of power using them

[@toddwmac]

Now I know what to do with the 500 pack of surgical masks that my not so bright brother bought.

[@bertamusprime618]

Great video, what solvent and air filter oil do you use?

[@mifo2000]

i just have a bucket with strainer always left full of any good brand filter cleaner but i drop 3 in at a time. for 15 mins or over night then off the the big laundry sink full of warm/hot water with laundry detergent where they soak again, then i just run each one under warm to hot water again to get the soap out and let em dry. been doing that for 20 years. glad its basicaly the same way you do it

[@R1Kyle]

Laundry sink, are you crazy! You use the kitchen sink, your mom or wife loves it when you do that, especially when you prewash in the shop with gas! Been doing it that way for 40+ years! My mom loves me and so does my woman! 🤣😍

[@spencerclark2269]

Awesome video! Simple process and seems easy. Thanks

[@ryanoborn602]

Maxima FFT. Is blue. Not sure why Jay didn't name it, but i can almost guarantee thats Maxima. Goes a long ways and works well. Used it for about 17yrs on many different bikes.

[@ARsMotoTips]

He said it in the first 20 seconds

[@rorylah]

i cant find help on this anywhere. once the air filter is oiled, how long do you leave it out before you put it back in the bike ? does it take a couple hours to dry and then you put it in ? or can you put it in straight after youve massaged out the excess oil ?

[@RandyFnRhoads]

You can put it back in the bike immediately

[@TheCarlejoseph]

Great video! Thanks for the tips

[@meneerrolator7253]

hey i have a question. when i oil my air filter it doesnt become sticky or something. i use putoline air filter oil so it should be good right? i let my air filters dry for a couple of days and even on new air filters it wont become sticky but it just stays wet. do you know what could be the problem?

[@chihuahuaverde425]

Thanks Jay!

[@ezraking3653]

What do you think of the No Toil stuff

[@michaelwendler5589]

Maxima FFT is a much better filter oil.

[@gertscheper9653]

​@@michaelwendler5589how do you know?

[@dmumladze]

I never oil it on the inside and ride in super dusty conditions in sand. When I replace the filter, it's squeaky clean on the inside.

[@tylercvsey]

Have read gasoline works too, is that a viable solvent or does it ruin them?

[@chihuahuaverde425]

Lots of discussion about this over the years. It seems to ruin some brands, the glue in particular. A safer option is kerosene or mineral spirits.

[@huckfinn4260]

Use gasoline as a solvent if you want to be a contender for a Darwin Award.

[@tylercvsey]

@@chihuahuaverde425 Cool, thanks

[@tylercvsey]

@@huckfinn4260 Lol

[@michaelwendler5589]

Kerosene or Diesel is what I use.

[@chadcovey1626]

Video is wicked dark dude

[@listomoto]

Why do we need to put oil on filter?

[@dirtbiketv1]

That stops the dirt particles from flowing through the foam- - any other tech questions email Jay directly -

[@kurtheidelbach]

Hard to beat the Maxima Pro Filter. More time doing productive things other then cleaning filters

[@OtisFlint]

Exactly. You spend 3x more for the filter and $5 in solvent, cleaner and oil to do it this way, plus the time and mess. No thanks, one time use filter is $10

[@butterytoast4836]

I buy the maxima pro filters as well. Picked up a bottle of FFT as they do seem to not have enough oil on them sometimes. Only have to add a little bit so it lasts quite awhile.

[@kurtheidelbach]

@@butterytoast4836 Exactly the same thing that I do. They do come a tad dry for my liking.

[@wayno23]

Just curious why do you oil the inside of the filter? Seems a bit much. Outside oiling is going to seep through to the inside anyway

[@mattmollett9655]

Better safe than sorry

[@wayno23]

@@mattmollett9655 not really, wasting oil & losing performance.

[@motoadventures9113]

not loosing any performance..any little spec of dirt pass through is a issue for the motor ..better safe then sorry ..extra oil will not hurt 100% .​@wayno23

[@NickW90]

Holy crap you used a lot of cleaner. That UNI stuff stinks! I like the no toil for ease of cleaning and no odor

[@shonrob1620]

No toil has the best air filter cleaner and oil in my opinion

[@waynereilly9750]

I use the no toil as well. Easy to use a ton of water to rinse all the dirt out and you can dry the filters out in the hot water cupboard.

[@xxs1lentk1ller30]

Mogging airfilter is crazy

[@luislozada6445]

Putting all that dirty water inside the air filter while cleaning 😮😮😮

[@__kvik]

Thanks, but I'll forgo all this nasty nonsense and keep using No-Toil.

[@rdbs505]

Man I love Jay and look forward to his vids. He is the man. Period. But dang I found this method to be be very inefficient. Gotta say no-toil has been the way to go.

[@__kvik]

​@@rdbs505 Perhaps the proposition of replacing these elaborate and well thought out cleaning systems that you developed over the years to suck a tiny bit less, with just chucking your filters into the washer sounds too good to be true. There's enough snake oil to go around in this market, so it's kinda understandable that people are careful about experimenting with a high-risk system such as air intake filtering. Then again, No-Toil has been around for a while and I doubt you can produce hard evidence to support that its subpar in performance to petrol based products. I for sure don't miss having to deal with gallons of nasty ass liquids in various buckets, cleaning, filtering, not to mention disposing of it all... If I had to go back to that I'd either quit riding or just buy a new pre-oiled filter every time.

[@ryanoborn602]

Not sure I can agree with you on no toil disposable filters if you don't change often and ride in dusty conditions. Those filters are pretty thin. Maybe good for a ride on a watered down track.

[@__kvik]

@@ryanoborn602 Ain't nobody talking about disposable filters.

[@Billet_Badger]

I used to use No-Toil until it started to break down the foam on the filters. The foam literally disintegrated on the filter. It happened on a UNI and a Twin Air filter after less than a year of use. I even had one clean (and No Toil oiled) filter that was stored in a Zip Loc bag that was stored for future use come apart when I took it out of the bag. Never had that problem before. Switched back to FFT and haven't had the problem since. The FFT is a bit harder to clean, but I don't have to worry about my filter coming apart and getting pulled through the engine.

[@deadspline3252]

Shit video, does not say how often to clean them does not tell you any of the products used. Keeps talking about you should do a bunch at a time wtf