nasty grey goo in the air cleaner

[cschuck14]

i took off my air cleaner today, and after breaking the lightly burned rubber, i proceeded to take it out of the car and tilted it when thick oily nasty smelling grey goop spilled over the ground. thank god i was outside it is nasty. what the hell is it? why was it in the cleaner? i have a fi 72 that had a small engine fire

[Russ Wolfe]

It is an oil bath air cleaner.
There is supposed to be oil in it up to a certain line.
It is supposed to be cleaned each time you change oil.
Sounds like yours has not been cleaned in a long time.
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[KTPhil]

Might also get grey goo (or whitish creamy goo) from a poorly ventilated crankcase breather.

[cschuck14]

ya has not been changed. so do i need to change the air filter or does the oil keep it from needing to be changed

and how much oil do you put in it?

[KTPhil]

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