Cleaning a air-filter

[KarlT]

Hi.
Can this filter be cleaned? If so what would you use to clean it? Petrol?

[KarlT]

A picture would of been good!

[Wychall]

That is a pipercross filter. Quote from their website - http://www.pipercross.net/panelfilters/cleaning.asp

Pipercross Cleaning Instructions

The cleaning of a Pipercross air filter should be carried out as below. Failure to do this could result in damage to the air filter or even the vehicle.

1 Remove excess dirt by gently brushing the filter.
2 Apply cleaning additive (C9003 or C9000) liberally. Massage in with soft brush. Allow to soak for around 5 minutes.
3 Flush the filter out with warm water from the clean side of the foam to the dirty side.
4 Allow the filter to dry naturally (do not apply any heat to the filter!!)
5 Lightly apply dirt retention additive (C9007 or C9001) on the dirty (black) side of the foam.

Steps 2-4 may need to be repeated until the filter is clean. Do not over oil the foam as this will cause a lack of performance.


Or a YouTube How-To
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_slmNUhywQ

Time to get scrubbing.

[Aidan]

or for a quieter van get hold of the original subaru airbox and filter and fit that instead, these filters are really for racing use where induction noise isn't an issue, on a T3 the gains will be negligeable but the noise may well be intrusive
the Kand N that fits our airbox doesn't give any power gain and isn't cheaper than using a paper filter untill it's 10 years old