My '57 wagon has a stock oil bath air filter on top of a YF carburetor on a 226 engine. I like having the stock air filter, but it literally bathes the outside of the carburetor and intake manifold in a perpetual light film of oil, and I'm wondering how to make it stop.
The canister is in good condition (no holes) and supplied with the correct amount of the proper oil. Note that the oil all over the carburetor even occurs when the air filter is a little under-filled. It's not "spilling," it seems to be a side-effect of the vacuum action that makes this type of filter work.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Is there a simple fix?
For example, is there supposed to be a gasket or seal between the carburetor and the air filter canister? The fit of the canister on the carburetor is not really loose but not tight, either. The collar doesn't cinch down quite far enough to get good and tight, but it probably would with a seal of some sort.
Suggestions? Thanks
The canister is in good condition (no holes) and supplied with the correct amount of the proper oil. Note that the oil all over the carburetor even occurs when the air filter is a little under-filled. It's not "spilling," it seems to be a side-effect of the vacuum action that makes this type of filter work.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Is there a simple fix?
For example, is there supposed to be a gasket or seal between the carburetor and the air filter canister? The fit of the canister on the carburetor is not really loose but not tight, either. The collar doesn't cinch down quite far enough to get good and tight, but it probably would with a seal of some sort.
Suggestions? Thanks