You should be left with a well oiled but not over oiled filter. Finally take a cloth or paper towels and press against the oil side to dampen up the oil beads. Get lots of oil on it until you see some beads. At least with the cone you don't spray the inside, only the AIR side. Lightly spray the oil all over the AIR-side. I only set it to 160 because I don't want the thing to melt. Alternatively I put it in the oven at 160 degrees F and let it sit for 30 minutes. Then dry for 6 hours at room temperature. I very cafefully wash it with a soft brush. When I do my CAI cone I first rinse it with warm water.
#HOW TO CLEAN A K AND N AIR FILTER FREE#
They will provide a free replacement and ship it to you 2 day shipping. If the filter went bad and has holes you should call K&N. Do not allow the cleaner to dry on the cabin air filter. Allow the cleaner to soak in for 10 minutes. You really shouldn't be getting any CELs. Spray a generous amount of K&N’s specially formulated cabin air filter cleaner onto both sides of the filter, with a majority of it applied to the dirty side.
#HOW TO CLEAN A K AND N AIR FILTER HOW TO#
Each one a PITA.Īny videos of advice on how to get this right the first time or which approach to take for this process? I REALLY like the K&N and noticed a HUGE performance boost by installing it so will be keeping it. When brand new it took me 3 tries to get the MAF clean enough to stop CEL's. Fuel, Oil, Cleaners & Other Maintenance - K&N air filter - Can anyone tell me if using a K&N air filter is really worth it Having to wash, let dry. I think this would lead to a long term issue with my MAF. The video from K&N is NOT doing it like that and really soaking it. Knowing I will probably have to clean my MAF several times after doing this I want to make sure I have a few days to let it work out so may not do this right away.Īlso I bought a cleaner recharge/re-oil kit and the salesman said to hold the filter ~ 1 foot away and just give it one squirt of oil and let it wick throughout. Also, what can I use to clean my K&N air filter Liberally spray K&N Air Filter Cleaner or K&N Power Kleent onto both sides of filter and. If it was paper I would not bother at this point but don't know K&N's all that well. ~80% of the surface area looks very quite clean and the opaque, very dirty, less than 5%. One of the photos is holding it up to the sun and plenty of light shines through. Please see the photos of my filter and check out this video: Cleaning a K&N Air Filter First time cleaning a K&N filter and need some advice.