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Oil for the filter?

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Well I received my replacement parts from CIIC, which I might add that they rock. They said here by Monday and it was!

Anyways I got a replacement Stock UNI foam filter and it says to oil it with UNI oil. Ok I don't know where to get that and I'm eager to get my bike in some kind of working order. Thus what kind of oil can I substitute for this?
 
Just soak it with whatever fresh engine oil you have lying around (I usually have a half quart of 5W-30 left over from my last car oil change), then squeeze all the excess oil out. Get some paper towels and squeeze the filter with them to get even more oil out. Let it sit for an hour or two, then squeeze some more oil out from where it puddles in the bottom and corners of the foam.

It's very easy to get too much oil in the foam and choke off your engine's air supply. All you need is to have the foam thoroughly coated with oil but not dripping at all.

The spray can stuff is just a very light oil with a dye added so you can see where you've sprayed it. Expensive and unnecessary.
 
My FSM specifies engine oil for the air filter. They didn't have special air filter oil in 1980. It also specifies 30W engine oil mixed 50/50 with ATF for the forks. I opted for modern fork oil...
 
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