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Gentelmen, would appreciate your input on the best way to clean a UNI Air Filter???? Soak it in warm soapy water and for how long? What kind of soap? Let it dry? Should I use kerosene instead, etc....Really need it spelled out for me. Thank you in advance.

If you insist on using soap, I recommend Dawn. It's the kings X cleaner, I say (it will kill fleas on your pets, too).

Make a bucket of dish soap and water. Something in the mix of one tablespoon soap for one gallon water. The soap needs to be a grease cutting type. Soak for 3-5 minutes. gently stir water with filter. Rinse. Note the word rinse-not spray, power wash, or impale with H2O. A garden hose on low works well. Rinse inside and outside until clean. Rinse some more. Let dry overnight then oil with a quality spray oil.
Be conservative with the oil. Many have had oil ingestion issues from over applying the oil.

All that said, it is HIGHLY recommended to buy the $20 (USD) AMSOIL, K&N, S&B, AIRAID, etc. cleaning/oil recharge kit. You need need the oil anyway... K&N (not my favorite filter company)kit has a pump spray oil applicator that make s it easy...

Buena suerte!

Beaware also. Too much oil on the Unifilter will drain back out of the bottom of the airbox drain pipe to a location in front of your rear tire, on the left (brake disc) side. Oiling the bottom surface of your rear tire or rear brake disc is not recommended. (been there, done that)

I did it a simpler way. i threw it in the garbage and bought a paper filter!

Well Matt, at least you know what color bike to buy. Thanks Cowboy and Tommy for your input. I will use the grease cutting version of Dawn and I won't over oil. Fortunately I have enough Uni oil left for one application.