Cleaning foam air filters - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Turdinator · 01-30-2014, 02:29 AM

So I have a Perrin foam drop in filter which has been great since day one. I had a look at it yesterday and its dirty as fuck. What is the best way and or products to clean and re-oil it?

Andreas83 · 01-30-2014, 06:09 AM

I think Perrin recommend Unifilters products.
http://www.unifilter.com/cleaning-oiling/

Any dirtbike/atv shop will have same/similar products.

Blood · 01-30-2014, 09:32 AM

I bought one of the recommended Uni filter cleaning kits from Amazon to clean and oil mine: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Uni-Filter-UFM-400-Cleaner-Service/dp/B002W2A108/"]Amazon.com: Uni Filter UFM-400 Filter Oil and Cleaner Service Kit: Automotive[/ame]

Apoc · 01-30-2014, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Turdinator

So I have a Perrin foam drop in filter which has been great since day one. I had a look at it yesterday and its dirty as fuck. What is the best way and or products to clean and re-oil it?

Any foam air filter oil and cleaning products (specifically for foam filters) will work. You can find these products at any local motocross/atv shop since foam filters are common on these platforms.

Ondreiko · 01-30-2014, 12:15 PM

I have the same filter, so i washed it with dish washing liquid in a bucket of water, then, after it dried, applied foam filter oil - this way it works to save on cleaning spray

PERRIN_Chris · 01-30-2014, 05:09 PM

Uni filter is great, plus it's sold with cleaner and oil, so it'll come with everything you need.

humfrz · 01-30-2014, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ondreiko

I have the same filter, so i washed it with dish washing liquid in a bucket of water, then, after it dried, applied foam filter oil - this way it works to save on cleaning spray

Yep, I did that with MC filters for years ..... cept I used 3n1 oil.....

Turdinator · 02-06-2014, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by PERRIN_Chris

Uni filter is great, plus it's sold with cleaner and oil, so it'll come with everything you need.

Here in Aus i haven't been able to get a kit. I have tracked down some oil but not the cleaner. The Unifilter website says that mineral turps is ideal for cleaning their filters. Is it ok to use on yours as well?

PERRIN_Chris · 02-10-2014, 04:49 PM

As long as Unifilter says it's OK, then you'll be good to use that.

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01-30-2014, 06:09 AM	#2
Andreas83 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Norway Posts: 111 Thanks: 29 Thanked 85 Times in 46 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I think Perrin recommend Unifilters products. http://www.unifilter.com/cleaning-oiling/ Any dirtbike/atv shop will have same/similar products.

01-30-2014, 09:32 AM	#3
Blood Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: 2018 STI Location: RI Posts: 167 Thanks: 3 Thanked 59 Times in 36 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I bought one of the recommended Uni filter cleaning kits from Amazon to clean and oil mine: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Uni-Filter-UFM-400-Cleaner-Service/dp/B002W2A108/"]Amazon.com: Uni Filter UFM-400 Filter Oil and Cleaner Service Kit: Automotive[/ame]

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Ondreiko RWD addicted Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: BRZ 6MT OFT OFH Location: Moscow Posts: 130 Thanks: 8 Thanked 19 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have the same filter, so i washed it with dish washing liquid in a bucket of water, then, after it dried, applied foam filter oil - this way it works to save on cleaning spray

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