[Healeys] Fwd: 100 air cleaners.

[Robert Markovich]

I can attest to that mesh-type filter—from Burgess—being original to the BN1 and from what I’ve seen the BN2. Simply wash them in gasoline and then wet with motor oil. Beware however that the metal screens holding the mesh together can separate over time, as happened to me on my early BN1 with the outer screen. If that happens with the inner screen, the mesh can be sucked into the carburetor. Which is why I switched to K and N filters but hid them behind the stock perforated screen that goes outside the filters (MGA versions of these screens will fit but have a different perforation). Early Burgess units are black while later ones—on the BN2 perhaps?—appear to be engine color. Hope this helps …


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On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 9:16 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi John, 
This is the element that I'm talking about.  It is a cleanable type and is what was in this car with less than 30K miles. The elements have a "rubber" ring on each side and the filter medium in somewhat like a pot scrub.Is that not the original type?M
On Wed., Aug. 9, 2023, 5:02 a.m. john harper, <ah100tech at gmail.com> wrote:

Michael
I cannot be sure but it looks as if this is fitted with a dry filter element. The originals had an oil-wetted element that had to be washed out in paraffin from time to time and then re-wetted. Rather messy.
I don't have a filter to hand but perhaps the wetted type did not block the breather pipe.
All the best
On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 05:22, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:

This picture shows an original BN1/2 front air cleaner back plate and an original air filter element. Interestingly when this unit is assembled the "O" ring of the element almost completely blocks off the engine breather tube in the back plate which renders the engine breather system inoperative. Bit odd?
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