How to clean a K & N Air Filter

Post by **XWL61** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:58 pm

Hi all

I have a K & N Air Filter for Ugabugchugabug's car, it needs a clean. The instructions say to clean it in some special K & N Air Filter Cleaner.

This will no doubt be expensive, so whats the cheap alternative?

Andy

Post by **picky** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:01 pm

You could clean it with something else, but I would definitely use the K&N filter oil to oil it up again after cleaning it.

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:27 pm

hi andy

check the K&N website, they go into a lot of detail about how to maintain the filters and why

wibble xx

Post by **plastic_orange** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:55 pm

Cleaning kit is around £14, but it will clean quite a few filters, so would probably work out about £2 a time - hardly expensive. They should however be cleaned a bit more frequently than people do. Refer to website as indicated previously.

Pete

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:53 pm

Stick to what's sold by K&N - or risk ruining the filter.

Post by **downsey** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:01 am

when i had my A-series i just washed it out in the sink and then re-oiled it with the special K and N oil spray can. Seemed to work fine (although i'm not sure if that whats your supposed to do

) and the can was only few dollars.

Post by **paul.kissick** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:41 pm

I had a mechanic once, he used parrifin on the filter. he well and truly wreck that filter on me. Needless to say i don't use that mechanic anymore. so my advice do what it says on the tin,
Your filter would have cost a few bob, £14 costs a lot less than a new filter.