What's it take to clean the filter from my AEM Cold Air Intake? How long should it take? Do I have to oil it after cleaning? Thanks.

Brandon
AIM: DSMitsu95
'95 GS, Auto.
AEM CAI w/ bypass
Maxspeed Coilovers
Pilot FU STB
2 12" Pioneer IMPP's
Best ET: 17.243 @ 80.67 mph



"Illegal? Yes. Dangerous? No doubt. But for those few, fleeting seconds as we party with Power and Speed, the insanity seems to makes absolute sense."

Brandon it's the easiest thing to do man. Just buy a K&N cleaner kit. All you do is take the filter off, soak it with the K&N cleaner, let it sit 10 minutes, run it under tap water (not high pressure water) let dry, re-oil with K&N oil. It must be re-oiled to trap the dirt. Takes about 30 minutes for the filter to dry. I usually either do it when I am changing to oil or washing and waxing the car because that is the longest it sits there. See ya later. Rob




-AF/X underdrive crank pulley
-AEM Cold Air intake w/bypass valve
-PIAA headlight and foglight bulbs
-Clear bumper lenses
-Eibach Pro-Kits with Tokico n/a shocks
-Pilot Motorsports Front upper, Rear upper, Rear lower strut bars
-PowerSlot rotors (all four)
-Axxis Metal Master pads
-RRE rear camber kit
-Dunlop SP SPORT 8000 tires
-ECLIPSE word on dash
-Red Mitsu symbol on steering wheel
-Painted fog light bezels
-Window tint
-Magnecore wires and NGK plugs
-Purple interior lights
-Purple hose kit

K&N filters are supposed to go 50k miles or so before cleaning is needed. But to clean it, buy a K&N filter cleaner kit. Its 10 dollars at any autoparts store. Just follow directions on the box.


-Jeff
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T'd

http://gs.dsmpower.com

50k... hahahahaha. Cretainly not with where my filter sits at the end of my cold air pipe, that thing gets so filthy so quick it's not even funny. I do the drop in K&N in my Neon every 15k.

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Injen CAI w/ K&N Breather Filters, AFX UDP, 55mm TB, GS-T Muffler, FU/RU/RL STBs, Front NRG Susp. Motor Mount Ins., Red Silicone Hose Kit, 8.5mm Magnecor Wires, Bosch Rapidfire Plugs, TSW Blade 17x7.5, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 215/45ZR-17. Front KVR Cross-Drilled Rotors and Carbon Fiber Pads, S-AFC, A/F Meter

And in my Room: Rear disc brake conversion kit, SS Brake Lines, Rear KVR Cross Drilled Rotors and KVR Carbon Fiber Kevlar Pads, SS Clutch Line, Rear Motor Mount Ins., EGT

Waiting for from RRE: Front Lower Tie Bar

Waiting for: Intake Manifold being ported/polished

I clean my filter on my AEM CAI every 3,000 miles when changing the oil and anytime between that if I feel like it. Doesn't hurt to clean it.






-AF/X underdrive crank pulley
-AEM Cold Air intake w/bypass valve
-PIAA headlight and foglight bulbs
-Clear bumper lenses
-Eibach Pro-Kits with Tokico n/a shocks
-Pilot Motorsports Front upper, Rear upper, Rear lower strut bars
-PowerSlot rotors (all four)
-Axxis Metal Master pads
-RRE rear camber kit
-Dunlop SP SPORT 8000 tires
-ECLIPSE word on dash
-Red Mitsu symbol on steering wheel
-Painted fog light bezels
-Window tint
-Magnecore wires and NGK plugs
-Purple interior lights
-Purple hose kit

what teh fuck 50k miles??? yeah i was told 3k miles. i havent washed mine for like damn has to be at least 8k miles. i need to get some cleaner and clean that shit. prob affects performance pretty bad.


Talon
97'Talon Esi
AEM cam gears
Injen short ram intake
Rear-upper strut bar

would have more mods but just a poor kid! LOL

Yeah actually it does. You can tell the difference when you clean it. When I first got my CAI it was winter time and it got gumed up with all sorts of crap. It was BLACK and I dont mean like tinted black, I mean so black that it looked like a pile of mud on it. When I would drive like 10-15mph on my residential street with children at play, the car would actually starve for air it was so dirty.






-AF/X underdrive crank pulley
-AEM Cold Air intake w/bypass valve
-PIAA headlight and foglight bulbs
-Clear bumper lenses
-Eibach Pro-Kits with Tokico n/a shocks
-Pilot Motorsports Front upper, Rear upper, Rear lower strut bars
-PowerSlot rotors (all four)
-Axxis Metal Master pads
-RRE rear camber kit
-Dunlop SP SPORT 8000 tires
-ECLIPSE word on dash
-Red Mitsu symbol on steering wheel
-Painted fog light bezels
-Window tint
-Magnecore wires and NGK plugs
-Purple interior lights
-Purple hose kit

Thanks for the help. I've had mine on there for probably 10,000 miles or so now, so it's pretty dirty. Looks like I'll be headin to western auto tomorrow (if they're open).

Brandon
AIM: DSMitsu95
'95 GS, Auto.
AEM CAI w/ bypass
Maxspeed Coilovers
Pilot FU STB
2 12" Pioneer IMPP's
Best ET: 17.243 @ 80.67 mph



"Illegal? Yes. Dangerous? No doubt. But for those few, fleeting seconds as we party with Power and Speed, the insanity seems to makes absolute sense."

Also, after applying the cleaner, I tend to put a hose on the inside of the filter, so the water goes outwards - that way it doesn't drive the dirt into the filter, but out of it...

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You know what I am going to try next time...putting it in a bucket of water with a lid and shaking it a little. Or not..who knows...lol








-AF/X underdrive crank pulley
-AEM Cold Air intake w/bypass valve
-PIAA headlight and foglight bulbs
-Clear bumper lenses
-Eibach Pro-Kits with Tokico n/a shocks
-Pilot Motorsports Front upper, Rear upper, Rear lower strut bars
-PowerSlot rotors (all four)
-Axxis Metal Master pads
-RRE rear camber kit
-Dunlop SP SPORT 8000 tires
-ECLIPSE word on dash
-Red Mitsu symbol on steering wheel
-Painted fog light bezels
-Window tint
-Magnecore wires and NGK plugs
-Purple interior lights
-Purple hose kit