Honda GX160 Operational Manual page 28

Dust collect type
1. take off the butterfly nuts and the air cleaner cover, and remove and separate the filter element,
check the 2 filter element carefully. If there is hole or tearing, please replace it.
2. Foam filter-element: use soap with warm water to clean, rinse and dry the foam filter-element.
Or using non-flammable solvent to clean and dry the foam filter-element. Make the
filter-element Soaked the clean fuel, then squeezing out the extra fuel. If there have extra fuel
in the foam filter-element, it will case the gasoline engine smoke during first start.
3. Paper filter-element: tap the filter element to make the filter element off the dust.
Or blow the filter element from inside to outside by using high-pressure air flow (not excess
207kPa, 2.1kgf/cm2). Never use brush to clean the filter element, as the brush will make the
dust go into the fiber of paper filter element. If the filter element is too dirty, please replace it.
(clean the dust collect )
When the dust collect is dirty, please remove the 3 bolts, and clean the dust collect with water,
then dry it, at the end, put it back carefully.
Important matters
When you return back the dust collect, make sure the air inlet prominent position is inlay
the hole of air cleaner cover.
Make sure the air guider is right.
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