Any car peeps here

[Coralgurl]

Have a question about cold air intakes, have searched the web, been on manufacturers website, but can't find what I'm looking for brand specific....

Thanks

[Slyguy00]

Well what brand are you looking for? Injen is a pretty good cai company.

[Coralgurl]

I have a roto fab, I bought it off someone else so I didn't receive any paperwork.

It's been on my car for a couple of months, on his for a couple. I'm just wondering about the frequency of recharging the filters. K&N is every 50k, but I am not sure on this one. I've seen info on every 10k miles, if so, it's a bit of a pita as I have to basically take it apart just to get the filter out.

[Slyguy00]

It all depends if its a wet or dry cai. K&n are wet filters that can be washed. Some cant be washed, but those are generally cheaper because you have to replace them not wash them. They are all pretty much the same functionality wise though if you keep them clean

[Coralgurl]

Mines an oil (wet). I cleaned it last night and oiling it today, just honestly wondering how often it needs to be done. At any rate, happy to have it redone now.

Eventually I may pick up a second wet filter just so the car isn't out of commission for any time while waiting for the filter clean to complete. Like I said, it's a pita to pull out as we had to disconnect almost everything to remove it. Wet or dry, same process....

[BlueTang<3]

My advice to you as a mechanic if its in a small low car don't crash through puddles, seen lots of water damaged engines with col air intakes. Just my thought but the manufacture pays the engineers a pile of money to design a air intake to work best with the vehicle it's going on. There is only one way to get more air in an engine less filtration. But they work just make sure you tighten all the clams and have fun

[reef-keeper]

I clean mine every spring and fall. Plus I have two so there is no drying time. I have an AFE SYSTEM on my truck.

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by reef-keeper

I clean mine every spring and fall. Plus I have two so there is no drying time. I have an AFE SYSTEM on my truck.

Seems they all have different requirements....I'll probably do the same schedule and tie it in with my spring/fall detailing as that usually takes me a day to do as well (by hand) .

[reef-keeper]

I only change twice. I don't do a lot of dusty gravel road driving. If I did the change schedule would be different. Clean your filter to your driving needs. That is the way it should be done. Otherwise change when dirty.