Hey Guys,

I searched and couldn't seem to find it. How often is it suggested to clean the AF1 air filter?

Thanks,

Duke

 

Most manufacturers say when they accumulate 1/8" of a coating or dirt and etc.. Personally I clean mine every 3rd oil change. I have a spare that is always clean and ready when its time. And I use the "red" oil

 

Yeah I think I'm going to go the "spare" route to make life easier in-between changes.

I guess I'll do every 3rd oil change (15,000 miles) since I have no way of measuring 1/8" of dirt.

The blue has faded and part of the filter is black. It's been roughly 15,000 miles so I'm guessing it's ready.

I'll call TP tomorrow and see if they see the individual filters.

Thanks Marc.

Duke

 

I've been buying new one every 6 months... Just call Troyer and you'll get it in about 3 days! Gettin kinda expensive but I change my own oil so in my simple mind, it justifies the expense...

 

Im sorry if Im hijacking here but I got the same question except for a AEM brute force(there oil free). Figured I would ask here first instead of starting another thread...thanks...

 

I’m waiting for 50K to clean my AF1 is that to long?

 

Was it you or Vader or someone else that showed up at dyno days with dirt in the tranny fluid?

Duke

 

Anyone know how much the spare AF1 Filters run?

 

From the pictures I've seen posted here, it looks like you just pop the hood and take a look at it. If it reminds you of screen in your dryer, clean it.

If you never look at your dryer screen, why worry?.

 

I was told by one of the ladies at TP that you didn't need to clean it until 50K. I bought the cleaning kit anyways @ 15k and so far cleaned it 2x with the cleaner/oil and 1x with just oil.

She said that I would only need to buy the kit once and it would last the life of the vehicle. However, I am going to buy another kit when the cleaning solution runs out of my first.

Hope this helps.

 

I clean my dryflow every 10k. AEM says it should be cleaned at a minimum of every 30k in normal conditions, or 3-5k in dusty conditions. The dryflow has better fine dust filtering efficiency then cotton gauze filters, which is why I clean it at 10k rather then at 15k. Also, cleaning the dryflow will not deteriorate the synthetic media, so it doesn't really hurt it to clean it.

Bear in mind that the initial fine dust filtering efficiency (clean) versus the cumulative (dirty) efficiency is fairly close with the dryflow at 98.6% clean and 99.4% dirty - so you won't sacrifice too much filtering ability by cleaning it (unlike cotton/oil filters).

 

odd...I was told by a guy who picked up the phone to clean every 30-50K miles depending on driving conditions. Then I said, while it's been 5,000 miles and the top half of the cone filter is black. He said then it should be cleaned when it changes colors.

I think I'll clean it every 15K to be safe or when it starts getting dark like it is now.

Duke

EDIT: Side note- has anyone noticed Mike hasn't posted on the forum for over a month? That's not like him, I wonder if everything is ok or if it's just a little slow around here or busy for him.

 

troyer does sell replacement filters for the AF1. Its actually a little bigger than the one that comes with the AF1 kit.