bungy 2 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Whilst mine was out I stripped it down and gave it a thorough clean. It must be due to my cold air intake but there was a lot of debris inside and it was filthy. It was only done about 8 months ago and it got me thinking "how many people strip theirs down for cleaning"? Link to post Share on other sites
oldmandon 1 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 This is a good one......Don't K&N quote something silly like 100,000 miles!!!!!! I would say depends on the weather and where you drive. Country side there's gonna be a load of bugs about, more so than the city. Dry weather gonna fill up with dust, and in the city it's gonna be full of carbon and dust crap......But generally I would suggest at every service have a look and if it needs it clean it.Just my thoughts, also I suppose it depends on how sympathetic to the needs of your engine you are!!!!!!! After all, some peeps don't even look in the engine bay!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I just did mine this summer after 2 years, and i am OCD about the health and maintenance of my car! And it took me 2 goes to get it fully clean.In the instructions it said that keeping it over clean is actually worse than keeping it a bit dirty (within reason) as the dirt aids filtration.That said after it was cleaned i did notice the difference when driving Link to post Share on other sites
spadam 7 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I used to clean mine evey 6 months as it used to get filthy. Used to find leaves, dirt and other objext in there. Only got a pnael filter on the 4mo which i cleaned last month, Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 never did just shook the leafs and small animals out from inside !!!! Link to post Share on other sites
b19drg 0 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I use an airline on mine once every few months , it's amazing what rubbish comes out ! Link to post Share on other sites
spadam 7 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Wow a van fell out of yours must of been effecting performace badly lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 cleaned mine out other week Link to post Share on other sites
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