Air Filter

[forevered]

does anyone know if the cost of a new air filter is included in the price of any level of main dealer service ? ive got the service plan. also ive seen k+n air filters on eBay for about £34 are there any advantages to fitting one of these to a 1.6 petrol auris ? and the seller claims they can be washed and last a for the life of the car, is this true ?

[Mistermena]

does anyone know if the cost of a new air filter is included in the price of any level of main dealer service ? ive got the service plan. also ive seen k+n air filters on ebay for about £34 are there any advantages to fitting one of these to a 1.6 petrol auris ? and the seller claims they can be washed and last a for the life of the car, is this true ?

Hi,

I've got a K&N air filter on both my Avensis T180 Estate and my VW Polo TDi and they work really well and alow more air to be sucked into the turbo and alows the engine to breath better. And yes they last for the life of the car. You can wash them out and re oil them with the K&N filter kit (Get one off Opie Oils as I found it the cheapest) and this oil does not mess up the MAF in my experiance in over 50k of using them. I've found that I get more mpg when its hooked upto a Tunit box.

[Krait]

Hi forevered,

I fitted a K&N to my last car a Mazda6 sport and ran it from 42k to 93k miles.

Yes, Mistermena is absolutely correct, every 25k miles you need to wash the filter ( I used Fairy liquid in the sink) then dry it out and then re-oil it with the special filter oil. And it is guaranteed for the llife of the engine/car.

This may consider this an upside or a down side, but the K&N is a performance filter and it does just that. It lets more air into the engine. Which the MAF senses and sprays more fuel into it. This increases the performance somewhat and also the fuel consumption - because you will be tempted to use this increase in performance.

The biggest advantage is that you will never have to buy any more air filters for your car.

Your decision.

Cheers

[forevered]

thanks for your advice

[forevered]

i think im just going to put another genuine toyota filter in, but im not sure if i need one yet.

its looking all discoloured, cars 3 and a half years old 34k miles what do you guys think, has anybody else changed one for another standard filter yet ?

[wastedagen]

I always have done and always will change my air filter every year. Genuine Toyota filter.

But I'm tempted, now, to try a K&N filter.