Hi all,
The Termi kit I bought for my bike last winter came with a cut airbox lid and a new "Ducati Performance" filter. It works great, I just popped it in when I bought the kit and never thought twice about it. I've blown the dust out a couple of times, but now as the season winds down I'm starting to wonder just what you would do to clean it properly. I think it should be reusable, but I don't know for sure and no info came with it to say either way.
I searched, and a couple of other people have had similar questions to mine but no one responded with a really definite answer as to what to do. The filter itself is looks like a stocker, except the element isn't paper. It *looks* like a thin sheet of foam trapped between two layers of fine wire mesh, but I can't be sure. Anyone here know what to do for the best (other than maybe to chuck it and buy a K+N [laugh])?
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
AFAIK, the DP filter is cloth, like the K&N. If so, the K&N Recharge Kit will work fine, just follow instructions.
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=K%26N+Recharge+kit&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS314US314&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=7UHHSr3uK4yo8Ab03qDhCA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1 (http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=K%26N+Recharge+kit&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS314US314&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=7UHHSr3uK4yo8Ab03qDhCA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1)
If the filter is foam, which I doubt, you will need oil for a foam filter.
Thanks for your response, but I'm pretty sure the filter I have is not cloth. Several people suggested this was the case the last time the cleaning question was asked, but apparently none of the responders had ever actually seen the item in question. My best guess is some kind of foam.
So many questions, not so many answers [cheeky]. What do the rest of you guys out there that own these filters do with them when their time is up? Chuck them and buy a replacement? If it's a toss away item, whats the service life supposed to be, what is the part number for a replacement, and are they available from Ducati? If no one is replacing them, how have you been cleaning them, or do you even bother? I know Ducati has sold a few of these kits over the years, so there has got to others out there in the same situation by now.
Thanks in advance for any guidance offered.
Just one last thought, I could be clueless and maybe the thing actually is cloth after all. If someone out there knows for sure, then feel free to correct me. It wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong (especially about Ducati-related stuff [laugh]).
Don't know what they're made of, but the dealer said they just clean them with a compressor.
I have a foam filter in my bike (Piper Cross), and I use the K&N cleaner and Bel Ray (because that is what the store had) foam filter oil. The oil for foam filters is thicker. The DP filters I have seen for Monsters have been K&N type cotton gauze filters. Post a photo of your filter. Either way, do not chuck it
here's a couple photos of the filter in question:
(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy139/AndrewNS/junk001.jpg)
(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy139/AndrewNS/junk004.jpg)
Can anyone tell from these images if the element is cloth or foam? If you zoom, it does look as if there is a woven texture there, but that texture is not visible to the naked eye under normal lighting. The photos were taken using a flash.
Looks like cotton gauze to me, it also looks like it has never been oiled.
It's certainly never been oiled, because ducati included no instructions to do so with the unit. No information came with it - not even whether it was supposed to be reusable or not. Hence my questions ;D.
To the naked eye, the surface under the screen on my filter appears to be solid but a little "pebbley". It is obvious that a K+N is made of fabric when you examine it close up, or are the voids on those also so small that they disappear?
Quote from: howie on October 07, 2009, 02:34:44 PM
Looks like cotton gauze to me, it also looks like it has never been oiled.
Nobody ever said the DP filters were to be oiled.