I was reading through some posts how to clean the filter. I drive some dusty dirty roads, the kind of roads that when you wash your car it looks like it has never been washed. How exactly do I clean the filter? I read put oil on it or whatever...what kind of oil? is there a spray i buy or something? Im having it as a SRI and i figure while the filter sits there in the open its going to get dirty fast.

 

buy cleaning kit, follow instructions.

 

go to ur local auto parts store and get the cleaning kit like squall said...K&N has a good kit and it comes with directions...pretty cut and dried

 

i bought an extra filter. that way i could take one off and put one in without waiting for the filter to dry.

 

i have a k&n CAI.. i cleaned / oiled my filter like .. 6k miles ago.. maybe 8k..so it was time to clean it again.... the fitting of the filter was oke.. it was tighted up correctly.. but i tried to clean the air sensor and it was dirty, pretty dirty.. and not just the sensor the piping itself (inside) was dirty.. i touched the inside of the wall (off the piping) and the dirt sticked to my finger.. is it really really big problem? i should change cai really fast or what?

here is some pics:





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i dont know what is that blue dots inside.. so dont ask.. i didnt painted anything to blue while my engine was running.. but look how dirty is!

 

the only logical thing that could have gotten blue dots into the pipe was if you ran over a Smurf or two....

 

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