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Tube w/Fins model on my truck was 90% full of water, it was unbelievable. The grease that was in it from assembly looked like mustard, I probably had a gallon + of waterI find them online in the 50 dollars range usually. If you have to order one from the manufacturer they are around 100. I have never tried servicing a tube with fins one. I had one of the service kits a while back. Big bag of beads, small filter and a bunch of gaskets and o rings if I remember correctly. I started trying to take the tube apart and gave up when all the gunk started oozing out. All of it went into the dumpster.
I wonder how it compares to the Haldex PURest ones.
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I just striped mine apart, cleaned the housing components and washed the media last night. Pretty easy, the desiccant bag just had a zip-tie securing the top, washed, rinsed and dried in a clean bucket, but I only had a small amount of oil indicated at the bottom of the bag. The yellow greasy gunk is emulsified oil and wipes right off. I shot some video at various stages, once I get it edited together and uploaded, maybe tomorrow, I will post a link here. The beads appear to have some porosity as they change color from light cream to dark tan when wet.Thanks for the prices.
The old finned dryer/filters obviously should not have water in them. They weren't purging. The liquid stuff should be blown out every purge, and that should happen when the compressor governor cycles. Rebuild needed.
Just cleaning requires taking the 6 bottom bolts out and dropping out all the mess inside, including the bead pack. I have found the bead packs for $40-ish but those can be really nasty looking and still take out oil and water. The bottom of the pack will always look bad. Compressor blow-by oil gives the emulsion the yucko look. In my experience it's a waste of time to do a full rebuild on the filter. If it is working just clean it and swap out the bead pack if you feel you need to. My next cleanout will include an attempt to wash down the beads to reuse them.
BTW, I do not think these are desiccant beads, just a medium to filter and coalesce the moisture. Look up coalescing filter.
I am not sure what kind of desiccant beads are used, but you may need to bake out the moisture or replace them. The color change may be from them hydrating.I just striped mine apart, cleaned the housing components and washed the media last night. Pretty easy, the desiccant bag just had a zip-tie securing the top, washed, rinsed and dried in a clean bucket, but I only had a small amount of oil indicated at the bottom of the bag. The yellow greasy gunk is emulsified oil and wipes right off. I shot some video at various stages, once I get it edited together and uploaded, maybe tomorrow, I will post a link here. The beads appear to have some porosity as they change color from light cream to dark tan when wet.
I work with various type of air drying systems, it is not indicating desiccant, it doesn't Really absorb moisture, it wouldn't last long if it did as you would have to apply a lot of heat and flow to dry it out.I am not sure what kind of desiccant beads are used, but you may need to bake out the moisture or replace them. The color change may be from them hydrating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Could be the purge valve is not acting right or is full of crap.on my 5 ton it would let out a yelp when It reached the correct pressure and I mean really loud and it set for about three weeks now when it get to pop off it don't near make the sound that it did but does it need cleaning or replacing, I miss that loud sound, thanks in advance for the reply as always, Joe.