On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:17:09 +0000 (UTC), (David
Combs) wrote:

In article ,
wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 06:40:14 -0400, "James"
wrote:

mineral spirts should clean it pretty good. Soak it for a few hours, rinse
with water, and then redip in mineral spirts for another fresh soaking.
Then rinse good with water and let dry.

James

Paper or foam filter???

Paper, folded like the edge of an accordion.

David
Then, as noted before, do NOT get it wet with water.
Wet once, it is garbage forever.
Gently blow it out, after tapping out the big stuff. If it is oily,
washing it in naptha or gasoline MAY help - but depending on the
composition of the "paper", the ends, and the glue holding it all
together you may und up with garbage too. On the "craftsman" branded
Tecumseh built engines, many of them use a craftsman specific tapered
cone type filter that is hard to source from anyone but Sears. I have
successfully washed ONE of them with solvent - a second one sealed
right up so that NO air would flow through it.