How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
03-16-2008, 05:30 PM
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How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
I've got about 6,000 miles on my CAI since it's last cleaning/prepping. What is a reasonable schedule for cleaning the CAI? Too early for me to clean again at 6k?
03-16-2008, 07:09 PM
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RE: How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
This was on K&N's website, so it could be used as a guideline
4. How often do I need to clean my K&N air filter?
If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible.
4. How often do I need to clean my K&N air filter?
If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible.
03-16-2008, 07:31 PM
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RE: How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
Is the C&L a cleanable/reusable type? I don't recall any info about cleaning in the instructions, I thought I was going to have to spend $40 on a new one. Hmm... any K&N sizes that fit?
03-16-2008, 07:37 PM
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RE: How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
You can use the K&N cleaning kit to clean the C&L filter.
Mine is starting to look pretty dirty.. but according to everything I have read.. it's not really a big deal.
Mine is starting to look pretty dirty.. but according to everything I have read.. it's not really a big deal.
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Is the C&L a cleanable/reusable type? I don't recall any info about cleaning in the instructions, I thought I was going to have to spend $40 on a new one. Hmm... any K&N sizes that fit?
Is the C&L a cleanable/reusable type? I don't recall any info about cleaning in the instructions, I thought I was going to have to spend $40 on a new one. Hmm... any K&N sizes that fit?
03-16-2008, 07:54 PM
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RE: How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
ORIGINAL: ODDYSEY
This was on K&N's website, so it could be used as a guideline
4. How often do I need to clean my K&N air filter?
If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible.
This was on K&N's website, so it could be used as a guideline
4. How often do I need to clean my K&N air filter?
If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible.
I however am addicted to cleaned stuff on my Stang! I did my first CAI clean at 4k, and let me tell ya, there was a hell of alot of grime that flowed out! The reason I did that one at 4k, was because we in SoCal had about 4 weeks of horrible fires last year, and the air was constantly smoky and smoggy for almost 4 weeks straight, and I usually average about 120 miles per day on my car.
03-16-2008, 09:58 PM
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RE: How often do you fellas clean your CAI?
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i would think that you should be able to use the K&N recharger kit to clean your C&L filter....
i would think that you should be able to use the K&N recharger kit to clean your C&L filter....