Cleaning air filter of Husky 140

[brianJ]

Is there ever any circumstance that this or any other saw'sair filter cannot be cleaned with gasoline?

[beenthere]

What are you thinking you would you gain by using gasoline ??

[brianJ]

Decades ago in High School shop I learned that 2 stroke air filters were cleaned with gas.  Not sure wh.  Not sure what the current reccomendation is.   What do you clean with?

[beenthere]

Don't have a Husky, but my Stihl manual says use soap and water, and do not use a flammable solution.
For whatever that is worth...

My HS shop was also decades ago, and almost before chainsaws were available.  ;D
But had a two stroke Power products engine on a lawn mower that had a filter that was like a metal scrub  pad that gas might be used to clean..

[4x4American]

just blow it out with compressed air but dont blow too hard or too close so as to not make the tiny holes bigger

[brianJ]

Thanks all.   This 140 has a felt like quarter inch pad for an air filter.  FWIW .  I used compressed air first.    Did not work at all.   Only the surface  had what seemed to be oily wood dust.    Both soap & water or gasoline would cut that.  Either would take time to airdry before reassembly.   I went with gas and not only worked well but also very quick.   I will be cleaning airfilter much more regularlly.

[SawTroll]

What lind of Husky 140 is this about, one from the early 1970s, or a recent one?

A dishwasher usually works well for cleaning nylon mesh air filters, but I don't know how it works on a felt one.

[brianJ]

Its an economy model about three years old.  The major use is trimming back woody materials that are encroaching into fields.   Though with practice I now remove most shrubbery like sumac multiflora rose and honeysuckle with a tractor and loader.   Getssome of the roots too.    This past year I have cut more trees and chunked up for firewood.  Great hobby.  I use about 3 liters gas a month year round.

[SawTroll]

Its an economy model about three years old.  The major use is trimming back woody materials that are encroaching into fields.   Though with practice I now remove most shrubbery like sumac multiflora rose and honeysuckle with a tractor and loader.   Getssome of the roots too.    This past year I have cut more trees and chunked up for firewood.  Great hobby.  I use about 3 liters gas a month year round.

There is a nylon mesh filter availiable for it, that should be easier to keep clean.

Frame G in the part list: 140 IPL 2012-01