Sparky wrote:That's exactly it. I check the inside of my piping too, and so far so good. I've been 55,000 kms with a CAI already.prossett wrote:
I make sure I service it properly and check the inside of the intake tube to see if any fine stuff is getting in - when it dries up I use the K&N cleaning kit and oil.
BTW, does anyone know what is the red oil that K&N kits contain, you know, the red liquid that you spray on after cleaning it?
It sure looks like automatic tranny fluid to me...
And if that K&N stuff turns out to be Tranny oil then let me know. I haven't ever oiled my filter, i just blow at it to get rid of the dust. Some people actually use engine oil instead of the K&N stuff, dunno if that's good though.
Anyone know where i can get the K&N filtercharger/cleaning kit here?
Dude, what every happens don't use engine oil on your filter, who ever told you that is wrong, they might be saying it for moistening the filter to last longer, but don't do it, it will destroy you engine, always remember like jins unseen to our naked eye there’s a lot going on that we can't see, and mash Allah the 55,000km out of your CAI is impressive, you would not want to do that to destroy it.
There is also another kind of spray I forgot the name, but what you do is you start your car, open the hood, and spray this stuff on you filter, then you pull the accel wire from the engine and rev it few times so the engine sucks in this sprayed stuff on the filter, do it 2 times with the spray, and then let it idle for 3 mins, then go see the muffler, water drips out like crazy, it cleans the shit out of your car’s intake and exhaust system.
Its like our lungs, we smoke and our lungs get black, and congested, this stuff, cleans all that out, so the car breathes so much better, runs faster, and fuel economy becomes really good.
Tamu I didn't understand the first two sentences of you last reply, but if you were talking about someone using pressured air hose to clean out the intake, then yea, depending on the hose pressure, or age of the filter, the thin paper like materials can rip inside, again not visible to the eye.
Talking about all this, I have to clean my filter, starting to look blackish, hehehe.
But yea guys, best thing buy the filter charger kit, it does everything, it evaporates the dust particles, and also moistens the filter materials, way less headache, and risk, then using engine oil, pressures hosing, washing and stuff.
I sure don't want sand and dust scraping around inside my engine... 
if I save some of that aluminum foil that wraps take-away plates of chicken biriyani, and wrap it around my CAI, and hold it in place with duct tape - that's ghetto, man!!!