Air Filter Cleaning

[mussen]

Hi, just curious as to what to use to clean a foam air filter in a motorbike?

Any recomendations for a good, widely available product? I bought a can of Norca Foam, which is a foam designed to clean household air conditioners, not sure if this could be used. Has anyone else used it?

Cheers, and thanks in advance.

[Jamie]

If it's anything like the foam air cleaners you can get for a car or truck then warm soapy water works just fine. Clean with that then rinse with warm water.

[kasi]

Any good grease cutting dishwashing soap works fine.

If it's the type of filter that uses oil be sure to re-oil the filter with clean oil.

[Gary A]

I'd advise you to go to the dealer and buy a new one. They are not expensive. The reason I say this is that I used to get my oil changed by a small shop. I was always happy with them until they cleaned the foam filter. The next time I had the bike serviced I watched them take out the filter and it had disintegrated. Almost the entired center on the filter was gone and apparently was sucked through the engine. I guess it didn't hurt anything because it caused no problems that I was aware of. I'd much rather have been using a new filter.

The bike was a Kawasaki Boss.