Air cleaner material for small B & S engine

Nylon scouring pads or s/steel pad + oil? PeterK

Hmm, car-washing sponge would probably work - seems about the same density as the filters I've seen in slightly larger B+S engines.

(I was wrestling with the brother-in-law's 8HP B&S-engined cultivator at the weekend - that one's probably mid-70s and worn out enough that using it was an 'interesting' experience :-)

cheers

Jules

Forgotten about that option. Thanks

Interesting variation on the s/s pad was using bits of it to block a flowing leak in a car radiator until the Radseal type stuff kicked in. Lasted for some years and went on to the next owner. Rob

Isn't there a risk of s/steel swarf going down the inlet? I know it can find its way into food if the pads are used in the kitchen. I'd stick to foam.

It wont do much harm if it does.

Get smashed to pieces in no time.

My 1966 B&S petrol mower used a piece of foam sponge, which you wetted with clean engine oil and wrung out (so it wasn't dripping any oil). Once a year (in theory, about once in 3 years in practice), I washed the old oil out with petrol which carried all the dirt away, wrung and left to dry, and the rewetted with new clean engine oil.