CLEANING CAI
I was also worried about the re/over oiling. Seemed like a pain considering there are "dry" filters out there that filter better.
I purchased a couple of amsoil synthetic "dry" filters for my C&L cai to get me past 50k on the car. They ran about $70 ea. but are the best you can buy...
I purchased a couple of amsoil synthetic "dry" filters for my C&L cai to get me past 50k on the car. They ran about $70 ea. but are the best you can buy...
IFyou earn $75,000 a year, your time is worth $39 an hour. I have a pretty sound economic reason to pull out the checkbook instead of that filter cleaning kit. It may be a waste of your money though, depending on how much you make.
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Although I've yet to clean and re-oil my Stang's filter,my SUV's oiled filter would wreck havoc onthe MAF every time I cleaned and oiled it. Any components downstream of the filter may become contaminated from the over oiling. I used to throw the same CEL every 3-5k miles despite my attempts and using less oil. I eventually swapped back to a paper filter.
I just went out to look at it. There is some oil underneath the filter on the car where it drained out/off of the filter since I put it on. I'm just going to leave it alone. If I get a code, I'll clean the TB and MAF sensor and get a new filter.


