Cleaned my Volant- Help

[Lazzman]

Hello,

I recently got my Volant cleaning kit and it contained two bottles. One was a cheapo pump spray with no labeling on it and fluid inside that resembled simple Green.

The other bottle also had no markings but was in a squeeze bottle I figure it was the blue filter oil.

The instructions said that the oil was supposed to be in an aerosol can but it wasn't which made me suspicious. Anyway I performed the cleaning and oiled up the filter with the blue oil. The oil went all the way from the back of the filter to the inner portion. Maybe I used to much I don't know. I set the filter top down and came back a few hours later. A small pool of oil had formed on the inside front of the filter.

Since I already cooked one MAF from filter oil I am skeptical to use this filter. I think I might re-clean and oil with my K&N spray.

What would be the best thing to do? I am going to permanantely solve this crap by going to one of the new Amsoil filters but that is a week or so away.

Thanks

 

[lifted95]

If you are worried about it, I would suggest recleaning the filter and make sure you completely dry before reusing the oil. There should be no reason why you couldn't use the K&N oil in place of the other. Remember, it doesn't take much. I always use a little less than suggested. Good luck.

 

[aldive]

Just reclean it and do not oil it; use the Amsoil filter.

Good luck .....

 

[spindlecone]

If a cone filter, clean it as per instructions, oil it as per instructions, stuff it full of wadded up newspaper, the newspaper will wick out any excess oil, done

 

[celly]

If a cone filter, clean it as per instructions, oil it as per instructions, stuff it full of wadded up newspaper, the newspaper will wick out any excess oil, done

I agree with Bill. The newspaper method is by far the best way to insure you don't use too much oil.

Lazz, you're a character! You go out and buy the so called "Volant kit" when you already had K&N. You do know that the Volant kit (AFE makes the filter) is pretty much just the K&N kit with blue dye instead of red, right?

Yup, Amsoil filter takes away all the headaches.

 

[Lazzman]

Thank you Gentlemen for the advice

 

[jimcom]

Did you get the "real" volant refill kit? Mine is aerosol. I just did it a few weeks ago, and it worked great. It's essentially the same as any other kit as celly said, but the box has volants name on it, as well as the bottles. Maybe you got "wenzeled" from whomever you bought it from.
Best of luck, and I think the amsoil might be the way to go, like you and the others said, no muss, no fuss. We'll all be running them before long I imagine.

 

[Lazzman]

I don't know I ordered it from autoanything. It came in the Volant Box with Volant instructions but the bottles had no labeling and one the oil bottle was the squeeze version.

I installed it and seems to be going well. I should have my Amsoil from Aldive in a week or so. The Amsoil filter is the top of the food chain. Flows better than Oil and Gauze filters and traps 50x more dirt with no oiling.

 

[jimcom]

I don't know I ordered it from autoanything. It came in the Volant Box with Volant instructions but the bottles had no labeling and one the oil bottle was the squeeze version.

Thats weird.

 

[Lazzman]

I love the Amsoil because it has the ram hole in the front

 

[CDW6212R]

Ditto what Bill said, but I'd use a few paper towels and not wait long on it. I have the same Volant 19640 and cleaning kit. Is the filter an easy swap with an Amsoil version filter?

I also need an air filter for my stock 98 302, the K&N is old and needs cleaning or replacing. Regards,