I have a AF1 intake on my 2002 F150 4.6L. I am using the S&B filter oil, but it keeps sucking the oil off the filter so I have to oil it every 2K or 3K miles. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks.

 

ya. im having the same problem but im using K&N oil on mine

 

How are y'all determining that the oil is gone? Just by the color change of the element? The instructions that came with mine recommend cleaning and re-oiling every 50K. The color of my element has faded (about 1,500 miles on it), and I think I'll clean / oil much sooner than 50k, but I've taken the filter off a few times and examined the intake tube and I don't see any dirt or buildup of anything.

Just wondering why you think it needs oiling at 2 to 3k miles?

 

Mine sucks all the blue oil off it and the filter looks grey.

 

Yeah mine is grey also and I've had it on there for about 5k miles now. I was thinking these needed re-oiled about every 10k miles. I'm probably going to be ordering a new filter soon that way I can put the new one on while the oil on the old one is getting soaked in.

 

That is normal with the blue element oil, it fades to grey fast, but the oil is still there. Talked to Mike Troyer about this. The red oil seems to colorlast the longest, don't know why.

 

Well, that blue color is dye, not necessarily the oil. Dye fades. Not that I guess it hurts anything to re-oil frequently as long as you let it drain completely. Just seems a waste of that expensive oil.
I do agree though that I think I'll clean and oil at about 10k..

 

Well that sucks. I've already cleaned and re-oiled because I thought that the filter was "dry." Then again, the kit wasn't that expensive ($10) and I still have lots of the oil and cleaner left.

By the way, I have a question. I've heard that an oiled filter filters best when it is slightly "dirty." Is this true?

 

If you don't want to bother with an oiled filter, just slap on a washable synthetic oilless filter from Outlaw Power (NeverOil), AEM (DryFlow) or AFE (ProDry).

My two favorite synthetic oilfree filters are:
Outlaw Power (3 layer) www.outlawpower.com/productdocs/Filter_FAQ.pdf
and
AFE (2 layer) http://www.afefilters.com/prodrys/pr...essrelease.pdf

 

I keep noticing at the top of the pages that airaid is advertising their new filters with synthaflow technology. Id this comparible to the 3 you mentioned or completey different?

 

The Airaid filter is Oiled. The ones I mentioned are Oil-Free.