I just cleaned and “charged” the CAI filter earlier tonight.
I can’t believe how dirty it got in only 8-Months.

Shawn S

The 4WD look with floor jack



EEWWW..... Look at all the BUGS !!!!



Nice and clean. Good till Spring now

 

hey, nice cement pad you got there

 

I did mine at 4412 mile and the damn thing was dirty too....

I will make a habit of cleaning it every 5K.


Smitty

p.s. Shawn what is the LED homelink marker lights in your sig mean?

 

Do you guys use any special cleaning kit to clean filter? My friend told me to use the K&N Filter cleaning kit to get better cleaning results.

 

K&N Filter cleaning kit is all I ever used.... I think I paid 10 bucks for the kit at PEP boys and you can get 2 or 3 uses out of it...

Smitty

 

I suggest to not use anything other than the K&N filter cleaner kit.

 

It’s got four walls and a roof too and it’s called a GARAGE

 

I installed two LED’s by those tiny black buttons that operate the HomeLink devices.
My driveway is DARK at night and finding those buttons was a pain in the ASS.

Here’s a photo:
Read all about it in this thread…… HomeLink Install

Shawn S

 

Aww man, that is pretty..... good thinking.... well if you got 4 walls and a roof I would imagine it gets pretty dark in there.. How you get your car in and out of there? LOL...

You mean to tell me you did not hard wire the Clapper to turn your garage lights on and off from inside the car...??? Geesh Shawn your slippin..

I was reprograming my Sears garage door the other day and they make a device that plugs into your wall outlet, so you can hit 1 of the 3 homelink buttons you choose to turn your lights on or off in the house or garage.... you should look into that..

Smitty..

p.s. wanna answer my PM sometime this year... it is like you cashing my checks...slow as a turtle... LOL... nah, j/k that check cleared the other day......LOL..

 

I have lights IN and AROUND the garage, that’s not the problem.

I use the marker lights when driving UP to the garage, not to get OUT of it.
You know late at night when pulling up the dark driveway.
There are lights right outside the door, but that would mean pulling all the way up to the door before opening it.

Get it SHMUCK ???

Shawn S

 

As for your PM, I have no idea what you’re talking about.
I don’t have any PIAA bulbs in this car so I have no advice to offer you.
Sure you’re not thinking of Scooter ???

Shawn S

 

Yeah yeah I got it, I just like kidding you...... You did not actually think I was serious, with all those (LOL's) in that post..

Smitty

 

Nah, i thought you did it since you have the Agean Blue... But my first question in the PM was.. Did you do the PIAA bulb upgrade? So you answered that question...

Does Scooter got 03 tails?...with the PIAA upgrade.. I'll have to IM him when I see him on AOL... thanx

Smitty

 

bahahahha

 

Like that one....HUH ???

 

no '03 tails here but u do see the PIAA upgrade

 

o, and i recharge my filter every 6 months or so...Ernie and i did it back in April, and i just recharged again last weekend...the blackness is not a bad thing...there's still PLENTY of oil left...when i recharged last weekend, the filter looked horrible...when i rinsed it out, there was a TON of oil left, and all the dirt that initially came out turned red in no time (i sprayed about half the bottle over the whole filter, so i get 2 recharges out of each kit)

 

did you notice any performance difference after cleaning the filter?

 

HALF THE BOTTLE…..HOLY SHIT.

I’ve used my cleaning kit TWICE myself and I don’t think the can of oil is even HALF empty.

I thought when I bought it the guy said it was good for 10+ applications.

Shawn S

 

Yeah, we discussed this 2 days ago...but I understand you wanted to take this oportunity to show off your whip's ass end... Thats okay... LOL.. I understand you needed to school everyone else besides me....

Smitty

 

I didn’t. It’s just a maintenance routine that helps protect your engine.

I felt around the inside of the pipe and it was nice and clean when I took it apart.
If you wait too long to clean it I would imagine the airflow would be reduced and dirt will start to get through the filter.

Shawn S

 

read the label on the kit...it says clean like every 30K - 50K miles i do it every 6K i think a few extra K would b alright...as far as the dirt goes, as i understand it, the filter is designed to absorbed oil from everything that comes in contact with it...bugs, dirt, etc. apparently r supposed to b good for it

as far as using half the bottle of oil, yeah i thought the recharger kit was good for like 2/maybe 3 charges...i still got plenty of the cleaner spray left, but i prob used too much oil...o well, so the filter was too oily...not like it's gonna get pimples and sh!t

and the Zit of the Year Award goes to................Scooter's K&N filter!!! ...ok, i need to go to bed now LOL

 

I read on the box, that you are suppose to stay away from dusty roads and heavy dirt, for it absorbs the oil and draws it out of the filter... No oil= No protection.

Smitty

 

I should really check mine. It's been about 10K miles.

 

hey shawn, what ever happend with that paint chip on your door from that rock business at the construction site??? did anything come of that? did you get it fixed yet????

 

It’s “fixed” relatively well with touchup paint right now.
It’s hard to see unless you’re specifically looking for it.
I’m not going to paint the entire door & fender just for that small blemish.

As for their liability, I’m still in discussions with their insurance firm as to settlement.
Details to follow.

Shawn S

 

I know, I need to clean mine too.

Only problem is, I gotta waste like 1/2 a day to get the fliter off the end of the intake. Sux.

I guess the easiest way would be to jack it up, pull that plastic piece off, and then take the filter off.

 

what kind of intake u got??? takes me all of about 5 minutes between jacking the car and unscrewing the clamps to pulling the filter off...i pull off the pipe at the halfway mark and go from there b/c it's so much easier than reaching underneath and just going for the filter clamp

 

HALF a day….. Is your name Amir ???

Shouldn’t take more then an hour or so. I only jacked the car because it was pretty tight to get to the fasteners under the front.

After I had those out I dropped the filter right out the bottom and proceeded to clean and oil it.
Anther 20-minutes to put stuff back together and you’re done.

Shawn S

 

do u follow the directions and wait till the filter's dry and everything???

usually takes me about 3 hours start to finish, but most of it is waiting

 

It wasn’t COMPLETELY dry, but the wind was blowing and it was sitting outside in the sun for about 45-minutes and it was near 60-degrees on Saturday.

Yes, maybe a BIT longer then an hour for the whole thing, but as you said, most is waiting.
And I didn’t start the engine until the next day so it was definitely dry by then.

Shawn S

 

I just cleaned my filter this weekend. It was pretty clean considering the 7500 miles on it. Didn't look nearly as bad as yours. You must drive in a real dusty area. And a lot of insects

Took me about 3 hours too. But I was playing my x-box inbetween steps

Helps a ton if you shake the water free from the filter before leaving it out to dry in the sun.