Offset air cleaner questions.

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by Wrenchbender Ret

The flapper in the snorkel is an emission control item that closes when cold to draw hot air through a tube from around the exhaust manifold. The tube on the side is for blowby from the interior of the engine to be recirculated with the fibrous material as a filter. The plastic thing in the bottom was a senser to open the flapper when the engine gets warm. It is not an oil bath, or at least was not intended to be. The oil came from a worn out engine that had excessive blowby. You can eliminate all this as they only worked for the first couple of years.

Thanks! It's good to know I can get on with painting the bottom half. I considered powder coating and even got a price estimate but that would add $75 to $100 more dollars and all the extra time. I'll just paint it.

I wish had pics of all the grease that was in that thing! It was such stuff that you couldn't wipe off your hands! I had to wash each time I touched it.

This was also one time I should have soaked in Evaporust before using the electrolysis tank. Now I have an oil slick in my tank.....I don't want to dump that into the grass so I'll have to get a bit creative to get that tank cleaned out and not poison the ground.