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EdKnapp · 06-25-2022, 03:30 PM

I have a 1937 ford that's as original as possible
The car is running rough especially when I shift from 2nd to 3rd gear
I was thinking the the air filter needs to be cleaned
I have an oil based air filter system
Do you take the air filter apart to clean it and if so how

petehoovie · 06-25-2022, 04:04 PM

Curious to know if you drove the car without the air filter to determine if it (the air filter) might be the cause of the rough running problem???

Lawson Cox · 06-25-2022, 04:30 PM

Good call Pete. Hard to enlarge on that. LOL

Kurt in NJ · 06-26-2022, 09:39 AM

the sump of the filter is where the dirt ends up, when driving oil is picked up into the mesh, then drains out with the dirt if it is filled properly

cadillac512 · 06-26-2022, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by EdKnapp

I have a 1937 ford that's as original as possible
The car is running rough especially when I shift from 2nd to 3rd gear
I was thinking the the air filter needs to be cleaned
I have an oil based air filter system
Do you take the air filter apart to clean it and if so how

If it has the standard type cleaner: To clean it you remove the wing nut from the top and lift the top straight up off the bottom half. You will see oil in the bottom half if it's been serviced correctly. The oil should be drained and the bottom cleaned of the collected dirt, then refilled to the oil level mark. I use auto trans fluid or 10 wt oil in mine.

Terry

06-25-2022, 03:30 PM	#1
EdKnapp Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Mentor, Ohio Posts: 8	Oil based air filter I have a 1937 ford that's as original as possible The car is running rough especially when I shift from 2nd to 3rd gear I was thinking the the air filter needs to be cleaned I have an oil based air filter system Do you take the air filter apart to clean it and if so how

06-25-2022, 04:04 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,511	Re: Oil based air filter Curious to know if you drove the car without the air filter to determine if it (the air filter) might be the cause of the rough running problem??? __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

06-25-2022, 04:30 PM	#3
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Oil based air filter Good call Pete. Hard to enlarge on that. LOL __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

06-26-2022, 09:39 AM	#4
Kurt in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: on the Littlefield Posts: 6,180	Re: Oil based air filter the sump of the filter is where the dirt ends up, when driving oil is picked up into the mesh, then drains out with the dirt if it is filled properly