K&n
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skiddusmarkus
Active Member
I usually vacuum filters with the bit you use for doing curtains/settees, gets all the dead flies out.Think you can wash K&N but then it will need re-oiling.Check their website to see.
Officially:
Buy K&N cleaning kit (containing cleaning solution and oil).
Spray with K&N cleaning solution.
Allow to soak.
Rinse from the inside out.
Allow to dry naturally.
Spray evenly with K&N oil.
Allow to soak.
Refit to car.
Unofficially:
Wash it however you see fit. - I'm told Daz brings it up a treat, but bare in mind that it will likely leave an oily black residue on whatever you've tried to clean it in. It might as well be dish-washing liquid if you're going to have to wash a sink anyway.
Let it dry, then coat with some kind of cotton filter oil; I'm not sure it really matters which one.
As a note: K&N say that the filter works best when it's dirty. The trapped dirt helps to close the pores in the filter, thus it traps more, but obviously there's a point when it's absolutely clogged and thus restricting the flow. - I guess what they're saying it that it doesn't need to be perfectly clean to be working, so as a rule of thumb I tend to clean mine when I change the oil etc.
That also makes me wonder how valid some of those "which filter is best" tests are; obviously if you're not testing it under the conditions the manufacturer says are best, it won't perform as well as it could.
Buy K&N cleaning kit (containing cleaning solution and oil).
Spray with K&N cleaning solution.
Allow to soak.
Rinse from the inside out.
Allow to dry naturally.
Spray evenly with K&N oil.
Allow to soak.
Refit to car.
Unofficially:
Wash it however you see fit. - I'm told Daz brings it up a treat, but bare in mind that it will likely leave an oily black residue on whatever you've tried to clean it in. It might as well be dish-washing liquid if you're going to have to wash a sink anyway.
Let it dry, then coat with some kind of cotton filter oil; I'm not sure it really matters which one.
As a note: K&N say that the filter works best when it's dirty. The trapped dirt helps to close the pores in the filter, thus it traps more, but obviously there's a point when it's absolutely clogged and thus restricting the flow. - I guess what they're saying it that it doesn't need to be perfectly clean to be working, so as a rule of thumb I tend to clean mine when I change the oil etc.
That also makes me wonder how valid some of those "which filter is best" tests are; obviously if you're not testing it under the conditions the manufacturer says are best, it won't perform as well as it could.
johnny gtir
Well-Known Member
be careful if re-oiling the filter i have seen a couple of cars people put to much on it goes on the maf and car runs crap (just a reminder) maybe worth checking it after a couple of runs
That is good advice. - It's a hotwire MAF so it really doesn't appreciate getting K&N oil on it. On the upside it recovers quite well when you clean the oil back off it.
I've definitely had this problem in the past; it idles fine, but when you really open the throttle it starts misbehaving. Clean the MAF, and it's back to normal.
I've definitely had this problem in the past; it idles fine, but when you really open the throttle it starts misbehaving. Clean the MAF, and it's back to normal.
Its bigger so its let more air in :thumb:
