Kubota Air Filters

Aftermarket replacement air filters for Kubota tractors, mini excavators, compact track loaders, mowers, and industrial diesel engines. Outer primary, inner safety, and finned canister elements in stock.

Use filters or search by your Kubota OEM part number to find the right air filter. Engine and machine fitment details are listed on each product page.

Kubota Air Filter Fitment and Compatibility

Kubota uses two filter architectures across its equipment lineup. The standard configuration on small displacement engines (BX Series sub compact tractors, F Series front mowers, ZD Series zero turn mowers, smaller industrial OEM applications) is a single stage air cleaner with one cylindrical canister filter. The configuration on larger displacement engines (Standard L Series compact tractors, M Series utility tractors, KX Series mini excavators, SVL compact track loaders, SSV skid steer loaders) uses a primary outer canister filter with a secondary safety filter installed inside it. The safety filter exists specifically to protect the engine if the primary filter fails or develops a tear. If dirt passes the primary filter and reaches the safety filter, both elements should be replaced together, not just the primary.

Many Kubota air filter part numbers cross between dozens of equipment models because Kubota groups engines into displacement families and uses the same air cleaner housing across all the equipment that runs that engine. Outer air filter 70000-11081 (and the 70000-12850 variant) covers a wide swath of 03 and 05 Series powered tractors and mowers. Outer canister 1G379-11210 fits a different engine family on different equipment. Finned style canister filters (with cooling fins on the housing) like 7000014656, 7000014556, 7000014655, 7000014555, 7000012850, 1947811080, 1923787481, 1552111080, 1522111080, 1510411080, 1450111081, 1943311081, 1738411081, 1576311081, 1560611221, and 1560611211 cover specific industrial OEM installations, including the older D1302B and D1402B engines used in Kubota KH series excavators and the AC3200Q air compressor application. Verify the part by your engine model number on the rocker cover and the OEM part number stamped on your existing filter.

Maintenance Intervals and Service Notes for Kubota Air Filters

Replacement intervals depend almost entirely on operating environment. Kubota's standard guidance is to replace the primary filter at 400 hours or every 12 months under normal operating conditions, whichever comes first. In dusty environments (construction, agricultural field work, mowing dry grass), the primary filter can plug in 50 hours or less and should be visually inspected daily. The safety filter is replaced at 1,200 hours or every three primary filter changes, again whichever comes first.

Aftermarket replacement filters from suppliers like Donaldson, Baldwin, Fleetguard, and Hifi Filter use the same media specification (cellulose with synthetic reinforcement on most Kubota fitments) and pleating design as the OEM Kubota element. The cost difference between a quality aftermarket primary canister and the same filter through a Kubota dealer is typically 40 to 60 percent, which is why the aftermarket filter market for Kubota engines is so deep, especially across the JLG, Skyjack, Genie, Toro, and Multiquip OEM applications where operators are servicing dozens of identical engines across a fleet.