EDIT: So… turns out I missed the last step of the instructions where it says to allow the filter to sit for 12-24 hours after oiling to allow the thinning agent to evaporate.
I tried it the next night when I got home and my machine ran perfectly…
Sorry for the stupid post. I guess the twin air filter maintenance kit works exactly as described.
Original post:
I have oiled it with spray on oil before and that seemed to work fine but the manual says to not use the spray stuff so I bought a cleaning and oiling kit from twin air Tiwn Air Twin Air Standard Maintenance Kit 159000 : Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
I thought soaking the air filter in oil and squeezing the excess oil out would be a better way to make sure the foam filter is thoroughly oiled.
Problem is it’s so well oiled no air can get through it. It stalls my machine out within seconds.
So I took the filter back out and squeezed for everything I was worth and I don’t think one drop came out of it. I put some paper towel in it and squeezed some oil into the paper towel… machine still stalled out with the air filter on.
Guess I’ll have to clean all the fresh oil out and start over. Next time I’ll just drizzle some oil on it and squeeze it through…
Anyway. Thought I was doing good for my machine getting a nice air filter maintainence kit. But it does not work as instructed with the RMax foam air filter.
Was wondering if anyone else had an experience like this.
EDIT: So… turns out I missed the last step of the instructions where it says to allow the filter to sit for 12-24 hours after oiling to allow the thinning agent to evaporate.
I tried it the next night when I got home and my machine ran perfectly…
Sorry for the stupid post. I guess the twin air filter maintenance kit works exactly as described.
I tried it the next night when I got home and my machine ran perfectly…
Sorry for the stupid post. I guess the twin air filter maintenance kit works exactly as described.
Original post:
I have oiled it with spray on oil before and that seemed to work fine but the manual says to not use the spray stuff so I bought a cleaning and oiling kit from twin air Tiwn Air Twin Air Standard Maintenance Kit 159000 : Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
I thought soaking the air filter in oil and squeezing the excess oil out would be a better way to make sure the foam filter is thoroughly oiled.
Problem is it’s so well oiled no air can get through it. It stalls my machine out within seconds.
So I took the filter back out and squeezed for everything I was worth and I don’t think one drop came out of it. I put some paper towel in it and squeezed some oil into the paper towel… machine still stalled out with the air filter on.
Guess I’ll have to clean all the fresh oil out and start over. Next time I’ll just drizzle some oil on it and squeeze it through…
Anyway. Thought I was doing good for my machine getting a nice air filter maintainence kit. But it does not work as instructed with the RMax foam air filter.
Was wondering if anyone else had an experience like this.
EDIT: So… turns out I missed the last step of the instructions where it says to allow the filter to sit for 12-24 hours after oiling to allow the thinning agent to evaporate.
I tried it the next night when I got home and my machine ran perfectly…
Sorry for the stupid post. I guess the twin air filter maintenance kit works exactly as described.
