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John:
Being the inventive person I am :lol: , I decided to wash my air filters (2x125, 1x85, 2x500) in the household washing machine. The idea seemed good at the time 8) . To my surprise, the KX85 original filter and one of the KX500 aftermarket filters fell apart during the ?White Wash? program. They came apart at the seams. There aren?t any seams as such, they are glued together. Are they still called seams?

End result: Clean and nice smelling air filters and a pissed of wife.

The machine is a bit slippery on the inside. The air filter oil which has coated the inside of the machine might decrease the overall friction and could potentially increase the dry spin revs to new record breaking numbers. I don?t think the oil goes well with the family white wash though.

I do however recommend at least 90 degrees Celsius ?White Wash? program. The 60 degrees ?Fast Colours? program wasn?t powerful enough to dissolve the oil.

/John

Paul:
HAHAHAHAHA. I laugh 'cuz I've done that same thing with very much the same results :lol:

teamgreen500:
Sir John is silly enough to be a Yank!

And,yes, a bonded seam is still a seam, or, if you want to get all techie-you can call it a Bond Line.

Manny

mikesmith:
If you wash them by hand dont "wring" them out or you'll tear the seams.

doordie:
He,he John!
I have use our stove/cooker to warm the motorhalves to suit the bearings,very pissed wife and she didn``t talk to me for a day or so!!!
She talked about it smelling oil in the food,didn`t understand what she was talking about.....8=)
Works very well anyway.

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