Just oiled a dry AFE filter...

T Mac · 11-10-2012, 09:03 PM

Cleaned an AFE filter today on another car I just picked up. When I got done, I sprayed the filter with K&N oil like I normally do on the K&N filter in my E. Does anyone know if this completely hosed up the filter? I have not put it back on or fired up the engine yet since figuring this out. The previous owner just confirmed that it's a dry filter. Wish I'd known.

Audiophyle · 11-10-2012, 09:08 PM

Entirely possible. Dry filters have much smaller openings, which could get clogged very easily by the oil & dust it catches.

T Mac · 11-10-2012, 09:17 PM

Seems to be the consensus from everyone I've talked to so far. GRRRR. I should have checked with the previous owner before I pulled the trigger.

$75 mistake. Ouch.

11-10-2012, 09:03 PM	#1
T Mac EOC Founder, Admin 2004 4WD EXS AT Sunset Orange Pearl (SOP) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 2,894	Just oiled a dry AFE filter... Cleaned an AFE filter today on another car I just picked up. When I got done, I sprayed the filter with K&N oil like I normally do on the K&N filter in my E. Does anyone know if this completely hosed up the filter? I have not put it back on or fired up the engine yet since figuring this out. The previous owner just confirmed that it's a dry filter. Wish I'd known. __________________ http://www.hondadealerlist.com

11-10-2012, 09:08 PM	#2
Audiophyle EOC Rank: Oxygen 2004 4WD EX MT Galapagos Green Metallic (GGM) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ABQ, NM Posts: 663	Entirely possible. Dry filters have much smaller openings, which could get clogged very easily by the oil & dust it catches. __________________ "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein

11-10-2012, 09:17 PM	#3
T Mac EOC Founder, Admin 2004 4WD EXS AT Sunset Orange Pearl (SOP) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 2,894	Seems to be the consensus from everyone I've talked to so far. GRRRR. I should have checked with the previous owner before I pulled the trigger. $75 mistake. Ouch. __________________ http://www.hondadealerlist.com

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