Injen Intake Filter is filthier than Pres Bush, suggestions?

[Lyzdog]

Hi there - I just got my car out of storage from my hometown - its been a while since Ive been in this thing. My filter looks like it was stored in a butthole, and cleaning probably isn't an option (maybe? --> it is about two years old, and hasn't been cleaned, although I have the K&N cleaning kit, just bought it).

Questions:

1) Should I possibly 'waste' part of my K&N cleaning kit for a new filter? I soaked it in soapy H2O for a few hours, scrubbed it with a toothbrush, and sprayed it with oil - but I didn't have the cleaner at the time.

2) If 'yes', then what filter should I go with? It is an Injen Intake, but their customer service basically told me to **** off and attempted to charge my card anyways (thank you Visa!), so if there is, in fact, a better one, why not?

3) Hydroguard - worth it or not.

4) Where to buy the parts from?

Thanks for you input - it will help me a lot.

[proendo]

Originally Posted by Lyzdog

Hi there - I just got my car out of storage from my hometown - its been a while since Ive been in this thing. My filter looks like it was stored in a butthole, and cleaning probably isn't an option (maybe? --> it is about two years old, and hasn't been cleaned, although I have the K&N cleaning kit, just bought it).

Questions:

1) Should I possibly 'waste' part of my K&N cleaning kit for a new filter? I soaked it in soapy H2O for a few hours, scrubbed it with a toothbrush, and sprayed it with oil - but I didn't have the cleaner at the time.

2) If 'yes', then what filter should I go with? It is an Injen Intake, but their customer service basically told me to **** off and attempted to charge my card anyways (thank you Visa!), so if there is, in fact, a better one, why not?

3) Hydroguard - worth it or not.

4) Where to buy the parts from?

Thanks for you input - it will help me a lot.

Take off the down/cold pipe section... the one that goes down into the fender, this will convert the CAI into a WAI. No loss will be felt in hp while keeping it dry in rainy conditions. Keep the second shorter injen pipe and attach an Apex'i dry filter. The Apex'i dry filter is the best filter hands down and it only requires simple vacuum cleaning or air compressor to blow off dirt.
Berk uses such technology but since you already have most of the parts you could just buy the filter.

[Lyzdog]

That is a great idea - can you direct me to the correct link for this item? I saw that they have different sizes, should I just buy the same size as my injen filter?

[Blacktop_Prefect]

1) From what I understand, you don't want to scrub the filter at all. At least not the filter medium itself. You should be fine to clean the filter with the K&N "recharger" kit that you bought. Just make sure you didn't damage the filter medium when you scrubbed it.

Also, make sure you don't over oil the filter. Try to do it like you are painting a car, in light coats one pass at a time. Don't move your hand too slow or you'll over oil and wreck you MAF. Again, trying to think of it as painting a car, and that you don't want any drips. The filter should be just light pink.

2) If you don't want to mess with oiling and cleaning, I believe Apexi makes a very good dry cone filter, but this is only what I've heard around the forums here. I don't know if there are any fitment issues with the Injen piping or if it's all standard or what.

3) Hmm, hydroguard couldn't hurt but I've never had a problem and I rock the CAI year round.

4) What parts are you talking about?

[proendo]

Originally Posted by Lyzdog

That is a great idea - can you direct me to the correct link for this item? I saw that they have different sizes, should I just buy the same size as my injen filter?

Just do a search for apexi or apex'i power filter . I believe the universal filter is 80mm which is a perfect fit to our pipe size.