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How Often Do You Wash Your Air Filter?

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Old 04-14-2005, 01:48 PM
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How often do you wash your air filter?


I wash mine every 10,000 km (6,250 miles)
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I have a K&N cone filter that I put in about 3,000 miles ago. I probably won't have to clean it for a good long while.
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every summer when I first take my car out or the garage........K&N
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um, im thinking by your guys' answers im gonna go wash mine.....
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K&N makes a recharge kit for their filters. You are not supose to use compressed air or anything besides the kit. Other than K&N filters I have pretty much just washed it out then using an air compressor blew everything out of it.
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I take mine out every other oilchange and hold it to the sun to judge it's cleanliness. If it still looks clean, I reinstall and clean it next change. If it looks dirty, it gets cleaned then.
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I have a foam uni filter and wash it whenever i change my oil which is about every 5000kms.
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What a convenient thread, i just washed mine like yesterday lol, K&N's recharge kit owns. i havent been but im going to start washing it everyoil change..
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every 2 oil change, thats just me. rolleyes.gif
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (injected @ Apr 14 2005, 04:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>every summer when I first take my car out or the garage........K&N
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This may be off topic, but I was wondering if the K&N air filters are worth the expense. Is it compatible with the AEM CAI?



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