Washing OEM air filter ***PICS***

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:12 pm

hi all

i was a bit bored at home so i decided to try this... i washed my old OEM air filter.

i saw so many aftermarket filters gets washed and oiled so i though i give the old OEM filter a try... i washed it with cold water and washing machine soap and it seems the idea is working rather well

the filter gave away loads of dirt by just wrensing it with water and then when soap was added the dirt became more and more... afterwards i washed it with water again and i am letting it to dry now... will post pics when it is done.

sorry i know this is not a brilliant idea but i was bored as hell

MMamdouh

TxDAEWOOxT · Post by **TxDAEWOOxT** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:02 pm

You must have been really bored! Do you have an aftermarket intake
or are you just walking around the garage cleaning whatever you can get your hands on?

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:03 am

Well... it'll be good to know if it holds its integrity after a washing anyway

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:06 am

Lol, that is bored!

Don't new filters cost like $5.00 anyway?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:23 am

TxDAEWOOxT wrote:You must have been really bored! Do you have an aftermarket intake
or are you just walking around the garage cleaning whatever you can get your hands on?

i don't have an intake... yet, i was just messing arround in my closet - don't have a garage - and i cam across this old air filter and the idea just hit me.

i am planning for a cone filter but i have to make a decoy so that my dad doesn't see the filter... he will freak out if he saw those cone filters on his car

... so most probably i will try to make that decoy on the other old filter that i have in case the "washing" project is a success.

MMamdouh

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:24 am

BosnianLanos wrote:Lol, that is bored!

Don't new filters cost like $5.00 anyway?

actually in here they cost a little less than that as well

but again i say i was BORED LIKE HELL.

MMamdouh

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:28 am

JohnnyC wrote:Well... it'll be good to know if it holds its integrity after a washing anyway

well... so far the thing seems to be holding pretty good... will post pics after it dryes out.

MMamdouh

RichieOzzie · Post by **RichieOzzie** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:11 am

I would be interested to see the results too.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:38 am

If you're just walking around washing things because you are bored, I think I'll drive my Lanos over to your place!

Let me think how I'd do that....

Drive north west across the U.S. and Canada to Alaska and try to get my car on a boat across the Bering Sea to Russia, then drive all the way acorss Russia, then down through Turkey, Seria, Jordan, Isreal and then into Egypt.

I think my car really would need to be washed after that drive!

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:09 pm

yes indeed but i will give it all i got... only problem is its going to get real dirty again on the way back to the US so you better be ready to live here FOREVER.

MMamdouh

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:26 pm

here are the pics... both filters was similarly dirty before the wash and both were used for some 10k kms only:

upper side:

lower side:

old upper:

old lower:

upper side comparison:

lower side comparison:

except for the little fluffy stuff on the back i'd say the filter survived the test intacked... it still hold its shape and got no ruptured areas or anything.

only problem is it took so long to dry... after 24 hours i had to dry it with a blower for some 10 min.

MMamdouh

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:31 pm

Those look pretty good. They are usable if you need a filter.

When I drive back to the US I'll have to have someone else wash my car, too.
I can't say in Egypt, my cat and dogs would miss me too much!

Joso · Post by **Joso** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:43 pm

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:If you're just walking around washing things because you are bored, I think I'll drive my Lanos over to your place!

Let me think how I'd do that....

Drive north west across the U.S. and Canada to Alaska and try to get my car on a boat across the Bering Sea to Russia, then drive all the way acorss Russia, then down through Turkey, Seria, Jordan, Isreal and then into Egypt.

I think my car really would need to be washed after that drive!

I don't know why but I think It would be a better idea to cross the USA, get a boat to spain, and then through africa to the east... than crossing russia.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:05 pm

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:Those look pretty good. They are usable if you need a filter.

When I drive back to the US I'll have to have someone else wash my car, too.
I can't say in Egypt, my cat and dogs would miss me too much!

bring your pets as well man, i love cats... not sure about the dog though as last time i saw his cage is looks huge.

MMamdouh

panther · Post by **panther** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:54 pm

MMamdouh wrote: i was just messing arround in my closet

I think it's time you came out of the closet

In the UK that means something entirely different

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