Amoeba

Ok I installed an aem cold air intake a little while back and drove it for the first time in the rain yesterday. Yesterday at the movies I saw some raspberry color fluid and thought just it was water that dropped on some candy. Well I noticed it again today, opened up my hood and looked all over. I didnt see anything leaking. However I went down to my splash guard stuck my finger thru the hole to the filter and there is that raspberry color fluid on the filter itself and leaking onto the splash guard then onto the ground. I have no clue what the fluid is from, how to stop it, and now Im guessing I have to clean the intake filter, so where do I get a cleaning kit. I cant take it to acura cuz they will blame it on the CAI. Here are some pics of the fluid on my hand
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/bc/nhl.../fluid&.view=t

Please help me out.

Amoeba

anyone this needs to be resolved, i dont see any liquid when lookin from the engine bay down to the holes on the splash guard, i wonder whats going on.

RR32CLS

calm down. you can stop taking pictures of that shit on your hands. the fluid is off your filter. your filter got wet and the oil is simply coming off the filter. (lack of better explaination) just go to any local automotive store and ask for a k&n cleaning kit.

damn. paranoid.

Amoeba

do i need a cleaning kit right now and do anything about it, or does it just gonna continue to leak until its done and itll be fine?

khany2002

if its coming from your air filter, like probably cone type I assume... if you have the K&N filter, it might be that red fluid -- the oil they put in the filter itself, however I don't know -- now I don't think you want to spray your air filter with the engine running for obvious reasons, but suppose it did get wet... if anyone knows... would this be a possiblity?

Amoeba

is it a problem that it got wet, i didnt go over any big puddles at all, just normal driving in heavy rain. I just want to know what to do from now.

RR32CLS

its not a big deal. maybe jsut take out the filter and remove some excess oil. let it dry and thats it, really.

Amoeba

is it a problem if the filter gets wet, should i expect it to when its raining?

RR32CLS

not really a problem if it gets wet. but if it does, it just drips the oil out of the filter. it sucks, but theres nothing you can really do about it. just as long as its water and not dirt, and mudd and shit like that.

TYPE-CPD

You probably over lubed the filter...and you probably want to invest in a by pass valve for it.

Amoeba

screw the bypass everyone on this board says to fuck up something u gotta be in like a puddle a foot high, thats not gonna happen most likely. Ill just take a look at the filter and make sure it looks fine, the oil should stop dripping soon enough, and then i shouldnt have any other problems with it hopefully. I was told to clean the k and n every 12k miles.

Amoeba

i know im gonna get killed for this but why is there oil on the filter and is it necessary to have the oil stay on, meaning will i have to lube it in the future?

RR32CLS

daMN, THERES alot of lubing going on in this thread. time to wrap it up.

enough lubing.:wackit:

Amoeba

lol please just answer my last question thanks man

RR32CLS

oil is there for better filtration and helps with filter life. not extremely necessary to have oil on there. its good to have it lubed but aslong as its oiled up alitlle. cleaning it depends on your driving conditions.

zeroday

oiling the air filter increases the filter's ability to catch particals in the air flowing through it. Makes it somewhat easier to clean also IMO. You don't have to oil your filter, but it's usually a good idea to prevent engine oil contamination.

edit: oops. looks like someone beat me to it .

Amoeba

one last thing then this post is done, i understand how it could be the oil, but why is it that raspberry red color?

TYPE-CPD

Thats the way it is. Buy a K&N recharger kit and the oil supplied is reddish too.

ChadT

If it were clear you wouldn't be able to tell if the filter had oil on it. It's just dyed red so you can see it on the filter element. That's why K&Ns have that red color. The filter itself is white.

fender4

Does it taste like raspberries? sorry just had to ask It's only the oil from the filter,, this happend to me after I over oiled my filter,,