Oil Bath Air Cleaner, Fuel Line??? And Alternator Bracket

Item one-the oil bath...it looks fine, just a little dirty and grimy...I cleaned it somewhat with a parts washer but since its a sealed unit, is there a good way to clean the upper part? The lower had some thick gooey oil in it that the parts washer cleaned fine, or am I better off doing the paper filter conversion?

Item two-my fuel line from tank to fuel pump runs right along the exhaust pipe, maybe 1/2" away...this doesn't really look like a good plan. It does have a rubber sleeve where it goes by the frame ...any opinions?

My alternator bracket is broken where the long bolt goes through, so instead of a hole for the bolt, it has a C shape...any ideas where I can get another?

Thanks, Don

 

I think the idea with an oil bath is that the oil mist "washback" lets crud routinely drain back down into the oil reservoir. Self-cleaning.

If you really want you could remove the entire unit for a solvent wash. But no one does that.

The Paper versus Oilbath thing has been debated here, with advocates for both. I feel that if oil bath is good enough for Mack and Caterpilar, it's good enough for me.

 

post a ad in classified . someone has a stash of them if V6

 

I believe if you periodically change the oil in the oil bath filter, you should not have much sludge build-up in the bottom. Solids in the oil is evidence that it has been working. I used to use a little left-over oil at every oil change.

There was some discussion about the emissions impact of oil bath air cleaners ... manufacturers may have been required to replace them. Anyway, the later Jeeps came with a paper element wrapped with a foam pre-filter. Really, this is no less messy than the oil bath, since the foam was washed in solvent and re-oiled as needed. A paper filter on its own may need very frequent replacement in dusty conditions.

Not sure what the factory routing is for the fuel line, but they typically run down the frame channel to the tank. Unlikely the factory placement was problematic, but something may have been changed on your Jeep, likely the exhaust routing.