Briggs & Stratton 555700 Guide page 9

FOR LONG ENGINE LIFE AIR
FILTER MAINTENANCE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR RACING
PERFORMANCE GREEN FILTER.
(Special maintenance required for your
Green Air Filter.)
• There is a difference in technology with
a standard paper air filter and your new
Green High Performance Air Filter.
• Paper filters stop dirt by being made up of
small holes which allow the air to pass but
not the dirt. Unfortunately this is very
restrictive to your engine. After each
particle of dirt is stopped the filter
becomes that much more restrictive, until
air flow is halted to almost nothing,
starving your engine of air. This drastically
decreases your engine's performance.
For best performance it is recom-
mended your Green
cleaned and oiled between
race.
• Green Filter is made of woven cotton that
MUST be oiled. A Green Filter stops dirt
differently than a paper air filter. Green
High Performance Air Filters are designed
to be oiled. The oil creates a positive (+)
magnetic charge with the stainless steel
mesh, which attracts the negatively (-)
charged dust particles. The dust and dirt
builds around the mesh to form a tunnel.
This allows the cotton to remain cleaner
for maximum air flow, but still stops the
dirt. That is why it is important to keep
your Green Air Filter properly oiled.
• Your Green Filter comes pre-oiled from
the factory, but after each 5-10 hours of
racing the filter should be checked for
clogging and re-oiled. (This is based on
normal race conditions. If racing is on a
dirt track or in dirty conditions the filter
must be cleaned more frequently. Extreme
cases clean every 1-2 hrs. of race time).
Filter be
each
Cleaning instructions:
1. Remove as much dirt from the filter as
possible by tapping it on a hard surface.
2. Using the Green Filter Cleaning & Re-Oil
Kit (Part #2000), spray the filter with
Green Filter cleaner. Allow the solution to
soak into the filter for about 15 minutes.
Or dilute the cleaner in a bucket of water
and soak the filter.
CAUTION: Never use strong detergents,
high pressure water, or gasoline.
3. Rinse the filter with warm water, inside
first and then outside. (Let the water run
from the clean side to the dirty side.)
4. Allow the filter to dry completely. It is best
to allow the filter to dry naturally. Don't
use heat, this might shrink the cotton.
5. Re-oil the filter using Green Filter oil
ONLY (kit #2000). Don't use other
cotton filter oils, the color is different
(Green oil is colored green and is
specially formulated for Green Filters).
* You will know when the filter is correctly