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Hillclimb#42:
 Awe crap, even the newbies are teaching me things on here. I've been using them together all season, but in hillclimbing, you only need to clean them like once a month or every other, depending on riding conditions, and of course the amount of fun riding thrown in there. Looks like I need to order a filter.....

FuriouSly:
Twin-Air filters and Filter Oil is my standard.  The filters are beyond durable and chemical resistant.  Never had one go bad on me and hold up to the monster hand wringing that is needed to clean and oil them.

I only use gasoline (old premixed gas sometimes even) to clean the filters when they are sand/dirt coated.  Couple quarts in a small bucket and presto... clean enough.  Don't even wash with water because that slows down the process.  Just air dry the gas for 5 minutes and ready for the oiling.

Buy the lidded reuseable bucket for the oil to pour into but don't leave the oil in it for storage.  The plastic lets the slovent evaporate and the oil thickens.  Always pour the oil back into the metal can it comes in.  Just submerge the filter in the blue oil, fully saturate and wring out as much as possible.  Air dry for 10 minutes and it is ready to install.

Always clean the mating surface of the filter to the air box and use a waterproof grease for the mating seal.  DON'T rely on the filter oil for this connection....  it will always leak dirt by if you don't use any grease.  Bel-Ray grease is the bomb and dissolves easily in gasoline.

They are changing the color of the metal container since I think Motorex has bought them or something.  I use the original non bio-version.

Dutch-K5 Fan:
Twin Air filters are the best!!!!!  Use Twin Air's Liquid power filter oil or Putoline's Action Fluid. Its the same!!!! Most of the GP Mx teams use it!!!!1

Wash it out with water, much beter for your filter.
When its dry, tap its out on a newspaper. You will be suprised how much sand will come out your filter!!

Twin air GP service does it, well with machines they do it.

 Dutchie

kaw rider:
cam
just found a secret. i will post later.

KXcam22:
Twin air makes excellent filters.  I would be using one except my stock filter and a UNI are both still alive from 1992.  Washed in gas for 15 years - thats tough.  Sly that waterproof Belray is really waterproof.  I use in on the prop shaft of my ski boat.  I left some smeared on the blades of the prop and went water skiing for a couple of days. Pulled the boat out of the water and most of the grease was still there!!  I only apply it wearing those cheap latex gloves since it is so hard to wash off.  I never thought about using on my filter (use white grease) since it is so hard to get off. Thanks for the tip. Cam.

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