[DIY] Clean your K&N Air Filter (Similar to Other Brands)

[Alpine]

$20 from Southside Ford, QLD. So yeh...$27.50 is a rip!

[Dems]

this diy was not needed, .

[khav515]

can i ask how often should a filter be cleaned? every 5k, 10k? or not frequent.

[xntrik]

when it gets dirty. lol.
i clean it when i service my car.
every 4000kms-5000kms.

[MWAKU]

can i just soak the filter with water and thats it>?

[Min988]

can i just soak the filter with water and thats it>?

The cleaner solution is alot like a degreaser and the filter oil is like a sticky dust attracting oil, and once its dirty you need to wash the oil off and apply some new stuff. The filter oil does alot of the filtering not just the fibres found on the filter, so to soak the filter in water would be useless.

[mars_panas]

wen drying the air filter does the sun consider SPEED DRYING???

what is the best way to dry it?? in a shaded area over night or sun the should be fine???

sorry for a noob questions...

[xntrik]

suns fine.

[mars_panas]

cheers

[D4rk4n63l]

a simple idea.. not sure if you guys keep the OEM filter when you change to K&N or similar, but I do.

When I clean the K&N filter I just put on the OEM filter for the day. Its pretty much brand new condition and only using it for the day when the K&N is re-oiled.. afterwards just put the K&N back and store the OEM panel in a clean plastic bag for the next cleaning job.