What air filter oil/other substitutes do you use...?

traxxrc1 · December 26, 2010, 06:52:03 PM

I am again in nitro but a recent problem is high price and low stock of air filter oil(tornado). Just wanted to know what oil do you use or what substitutes have you come up with yourself..

traxxrc1 · December 28, 2010, 06:01:53 PM

No one use airfilter?

anwar · December 28, 2010, 08:23:03 PM

Pardon me (a car newbie), but do you really need oil in "air filters" ? It is just sponge that is fixed on top of the carb intake, right ?

traxxrc1 · December 28, 2010, 09:04:04 PM

plane is in air so there are less chances of any dirt in air but cars are on land in dust so you need oil to trap the dirt in air,manuals recommend it

speedracer · December 28, 2010, 10:22:42 PM

A little bit of castor oil will do.
or you can use any lube oil that can be used in your engine as the traces of oil will also go in the engine.

mail4ajo · December 28, 2010, 10:29:41 PM

Quote from: anwar on December 28, 2010, 08:23:03 PM
Pardon me (a car newbie), but do you really need oil in "air filters" ? It is just sponge that is fixed on top of the carb intake, right ?

A must for offroad cars. The operating conditions will see that dust will enter the carb. I use 2 stage filter and oil my inner filter. I use some branded filter oil but I understand it is basically castor oil with some color.

traxxrc1 · December 30, 2010, 07:42:29 PM

Can i find castor oil locally...? I dont want to buy castor oil mixed with color for 400 rupees

puneet · December 30, 2010, 08:16:16 PM

you can get castor oil at any mediacal store / chemist.

you will get mediacal grade 400ml bottel for about rs 90 /- which will last for a long time.

there might be a variation in price as i bought it about 6 months ago.

regards

puneet

traxxrc1 · December 30, 2010, 09:02:15 PM

Wow, thats quite cool, thanks puneet:) btw should i ask the chemist for castor oil or any particular name for it...?

puneet · December 30, 2010, 10:13:27 PM

Ask for aggerwal's madical grade castor oil
Cheers

rcpilotacro · December 30, 2010, 11:11:34 PM

in the nitro, syringe body , cut. muslin, clipped, with white greased/ castor oil is a good stop gap arrangement, but real stuff is real stuff