Miner Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Folks, been a while since I cleaned one of these and cant remember what's best to use to clean and oil it... got a gallon can of Silkolene air filter cleaner for the KTM's filters but not sure what to use for re-oiling it. Got Silkolene spray oil for air filters and I've got Motorex green stuff in a can, the latter you've got to work through by hand unless you slap it everywhere and let it soak as it's for foam filters. What's your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansp1 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Dont use any of the above, k&n have a cotton element using cleaner and oils for a foam filter will destroy it, best to just buy a k&n kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miner Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Last one of these cotton gauze things I did was the induction kit on my old Corsa (years ago), it was a K&N cone type... think it was the Green Filters kit I used, as it was what we had in the shop at the time. Cant remeber what the cleaner was like but dont think it was as solvent heavy as the stuff for foam filters... the oil was definately quite light for that type, hence why I'm reluctant to use the Motorex stuff... it goes mega sticky but its to stop offroaders eating sand, so not so sure it's any good for cotton gauze filters. Tank's not coming off today anyway so might add some K&N stuff to my shopping list, keep forgetting to order new brake pads. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregorious77 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 K&N do a kit with cleaner and oil, I am still on my first kit and have cleaned and oiled mine at least 3 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonk Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 K&N do a kit with cleaner and oil, I am still on my first kit and have cleaned and oiled mine at least 3 times. I've done at least 6 changes with the original kit and there's still plenty left, I think someone is secretly refilling it. Think it's called a recharge kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregorious77 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/K-N-Air-Filter-Cleaning-Kit-Recharger-Cleaner-Oil-/350082318721 yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_R1 Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I use Gunk to clean my K&N, it doesn't rot my cotton trousers so it shouldn't hurt the cotton filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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