A recent thread about air cleaners reminded me of a question
I've been meaning to ask . . .
I used to get disposable air filters for my '60 TR-3, with
paper elements, at most any foreign car parts store (this
was several years ago). They finally got hard to find and
expensive ($10-15 each), so I finally broke down and got the
permanent kind with reusable elements from TRF. I've never
been sure what I was supposed to do with the elements, which
(as I recall) consists of a black net-like substance, with
no foam, which is sort of what I expected. Foam (if it was
there) would soak up oil and (I think) help with the
filtering process. This net-like stuff doesn't hold oil
very well (rather large mesh, not fine at all), and doesn't
appear to be able to trap the fine dust etc.
So, what is being done out there for air filtration? What
is the proper technique for using these filters? Or is
there something better that I should be using? I hope my
descriptions make sense. I will be glad to try to elaborate
if necessary.
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