Rattler owners, who oils their filter foam?

brianwheelies · Post by **brianwheelies** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:16 am

When I got my bike from the dealer the filter foam was not oiled. I actually ran with the foam out for a while as I ride street only. I have since reinstalled the foam and it quiets down the intake noise and softens the power.

Do you guys oil that foam to block particle and airflow further?

I find it to be an odd setup to have both paper and foam.

Edit: just consulted the manual. Oil is required.

B02S4 · Post by **B02S4** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:43 am

If you're talking about the small foam panel in the OEM factory airbox that is a pre-filter. I personally would pull it & run without, the paper element will filter just fine without the foam.

brianwheelies · Post by **brianwheelies** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:28 am

B02S4 wrote:If you're talking about the small foam panel in the OEM factory airbox that is a pre-filter. I personally would pull it & run without, the paper element will filter just fine without the foam.

I did and my bike ran it's quickest that way. The manual does say that the foam is the filter and that it needs to be cleaned and oiled periodically.

Just oiled it with some injector oil.

A nice large filter that was reusable and quiet would be the ticket though. I don't like the idea of noise and an open filter.

B02S4 · Post by **B02S4** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:26 am

I modified the airbox to accept a larger Uni foam flat panel filter. It was quieter than a pod & gave about 95% of the performance of a good Uni pod.

brianwheelies · Post by **brianwheelies** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:24 am

Any pics of this? Sounds like you have a good idea.

B02S4 · Post by **B02S4** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:10 pm

brianwheelies wrote:Any pics of this? ...

http://www.genuinerattler.com/forum/vie ... 2859#p2859

brianwheelies · Post by **brianwheelies** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:29 pm

Nice work! I think I may try that.