how do you clean a K&N air filter? - SV650.org

26-03-09, 01:36 PM

do you need the K&N cleaning kit

Viney · 26-03-09, 01:53 PM

Hmmm, i think its no more than carb cleaner or similar. You can use and airline and blow form the inside out. To b honest, they have a usable life uto about 30000 miles before they need cleaning.

The Cleaning kit does come with cleaner AND the oil you need to re oil it.

yorkie_chris · 26-03-09, 01:59 PM

It's not a solvent cleaner... more like a soap, it's wierd stuff, it makes the oil soluble in water. Worth getting the kit, or a bit of google-fu to find out a backyard replacement.

(the filter oil you can get all over the place, my local place for the off road bikes does it pretty cheap)

Sid Squid · 26-03-09, 09:52 PM

Echo what Chris says - don't use a solvent on the filter, they get damaged quite easily in the wrong stuff.

26-03-09, 10:00 PM

I washed mine with dry cleaning fluid, seems ok.

Sid Squid · 26-03-09, 10:36 PM

Not that I'd thought of that before, but I'm sure you're right. The K&N is made of a fibrous material that may well be organic - dry cleaning fluid sounds like a good idea.

26-03-09, 01:36 PM	#1
hovis Guest Posts: n/a	how do you clean a K&N air filter? do you *need* the K&N cleaning kit Last edited by hovis; 26-03-09 at 01:39 PM.

26-03-09, 01:53 PM	#2
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Re: how do you clean a K&N air filter? Hmmm, i think its no more than carb cleaner or similar. You can use and airline and blow form the inside out. To b honest, they have a usable life uto about 30000 miles before they need cleaning. The Cleaning kit does come with cleaner AND the oil you need to re oil it.

26-03-09, 01:59 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: how do you clean a K&N air filter? It's not a solvent cleaner... more like a soap, it's wierd stuff, it makes the oil soluble in water. Worth getting the kit, or a bit of google-fu to find out a backyard replacement. (the filter oil you can get all over the place, my local place for the off road bikes does it pretty cheap) __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

26-03-09, 09:52 PM	#4
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: how do you clean a K&N air filter? Echo what Chris says - don't use a solvent on the filter, they get damaged quite easily in the wrong stuff. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

26-03-09, 10:00 PM	#5
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: how do you clean a K&N air filter? I washed mine with dry cleaning fluid, seems ok.

26-03-09, 10:36 PM	#6
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: how do you clean a K&N air filter? Not that I'd thought of that before, but I'm sure you're right. The K&N is made of a fibrous material that may well be organic - dry cleaning fluid sounds like a good idea. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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