how often do you clean your AEM cold air intake filter
04-19-2007, 09:38 AM
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how often do you clean your AEM cold air intake filter
I have had my AEM CAI for more than a year. Finally decided to clean it the other day, but it was so clean! My friend who was helping me was amazed how clean it is. He has a short ram, I guess his filter gets dirty easily it is right under the hood collecting all the grease and whatnots... But we still cleaned the filter.
Just wondering, how often do you clean your AEM CAI filter?
Just wondering, how often do you clean your AEM CAI filter?
04-19-2007, 09:41 AM
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Just cleaned my icebox foam filter for the first time last weekend. After 25K miles it didn't appear very dirty until I applied the cleaner and sprayed it with the hose. It was a steady stream of black that came out of that thing 
04-19-2007, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by spdy0001
Just cleaned my icebox foam filter for the first time last weekend. After 25K miles it didn't appear very dirty until I applied the cleaner and sprayed it with the hose. It was a steady stream of black that came out of that thing
Dunno. Maybe the air in NYC is better than I thought???
04-19-2007, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by spdy0001
Or maybe your filter is doing its job 
04-20-2007, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by uu
yeah, I did that too, but nothing came out. My friend even used the air blower from the garage to clean it, and almost nothing came out.
Dunno. Maybe the air in NYC is better than I thought???
Dunno. Maybe the air in NYC is better than I thought???
04-20-2007, 07:21 AM
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I now drive an accord....
Originally Posted by ll1l2l1l2lll
don't you mean, its not doing its job.. filters are suppose to collect dust/debris.
I guess I was typing faster then my mind was working haha
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04-20-2007, 08:16 AM
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I only had mine for 1.5 years but I clean it every six months...propably overkill. I think the cleaning directions say once a year....don't quote me on that.
04-20-2007, 10:55 AM
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I'm about to clean mine after having it on for about 4 months. I live in the desert though so lots of dust.
04-20-2007, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rtatsutani
Are you using the recommended cleaning agent? If not, that oil may not be coming off as it is supposed to and is still sticking to the filter and dirt.
I have the AEM CAI with the original filter.
Hope I didn't do anything wrong.
04-20-2007, 05:10 PM
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Why didn't you just buy an AEM cleaning kit? That's what I did. I'm 99% sure though that the K&N kit work just fine. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if AEM uses non-branded K&N filters.
04-20-2007, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperTrooper169
Why didn't you just buy an AEM cleaning kit? That's what I did. I'm 99% sure though that the K&N kit work just fine. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if AEM uses non-branded K&N filters.
oh well...
04-20-2007, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperTrooper169
Why didn't you just buy an AEM cleaning kit? That's what I did. I'm 99% sure though that the K&N kit work just fine. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if AEM uses non-branded K&N filters.
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