Outer Limits 4x4 Board

ISUZUROVER wrote:

Hamo wrote:I ordered and payed for the provent 200 on monday afternoon and today wednesday it here in country vic

Super fast service from weston filters

Just have to work out the difference in the hose sizes and get some reducers and fit this baby up

I provent has a 25mm (1") inlet and outlet and a 13mm (1/2") drain. Most 4x4 and light commercials I have seen seem to use 19mm breather line.

Gee another super fast reply

the breather on my 1hd-ft (toyota) is 16mm
so i will need 2x 25mm - 16mm reducers and 1x 13mm T

Finally getting round to finishing my own oil air separator, was worried that it might be easier for the gases to go through the drain pipe than up through the series of stainless gauze and an air filter off an electric motor. It wouldn't want to go down that line would it? Yet to wrap my lips around it to see how much force is required to get air through the oil air separator so don't really no what to expect yet.

My unit has been in for a couple of months now, how do I tell when the filter is full or how often to change?

They are not cheap at ~90 each

ISUZUROVER wrote:
If I wanted to save money on a mist filter, and time an materials were free, I would justy buy a Provent element - people have told me you can get them for ~$60, and make the housing. The elements should do 1500-2000 hrs between replacement - OR, there is no reason you couldn't (carefully) wash them a few times and reuse them. You just need to be careful what solvents you use on them.

Do you or anyone else know how I could clean my Provent filter?

hulsty wrote:

ISUZUROVER wrote:
If I wanted to save money on a mist filter, and time an materials were free, I would justy buy a Provent element - people have told me you can get them for ~$60, and make the housing. The elements should do 1500-2000 hrs between replacement - OR, there is no reason you couldn't (carefully) wash them a few times and reuse them. You just need to be careful what solvents you use on them.

Do you or anyone else know how I could clean my Provent filter?

Remove the element, get a compressed air blower, e.g.:

and something to seal the hole in the middle (I use a styrofoam plug but a rag should work as well). Then gently blow compressed air from inside-out. About 10-20g of oil should come out - then it will be as clean as you can get it.

Hope that is clear?

Best not to use solvents, as they may damage the glues/resins, and then you have to get the solvent out.

Make sure the outer layer of the element is undamaged.