Why you should check your air filter before it's due
#1
Why you should check your air filter before it's due
I have been reading up on intakes and mods to the stock intake (SHG_Mike ) and I thought I'd go out to my car and have a look at all the stock stuff. So I popped the hood, popped the clips, and lo and behold...
My best guess is that some furry little forest critter had attempted to take up residence in my air filter box. That, or they were using it as a restaurant.
What really flipped me out was that all the little "helicopter" seed thingies were jammed up in the filter. The blue-green part with all the junk in it actually faces downwards when it is in the car, so I guess there must be quite a swirl effect inside the box and it caused them to fly around and get caught in the filter.
I wound up having to remove the whole assembly and beat on it for a few minutes to get all the seeds and whatnot out.
Yes I got a new filter!
Here are a couple of closeups:
My best guess is that some furry little forest critter had attempted to take up residence in my air filter box. That, or they were using it as a restaurant.
What really flipped me out was that all the little "helicopter" seed thingies were jammed up in the filter. The blue-green part with all the junk in it actually faces downwards when it is in the car, so I guess there must be quite a swirl effect inside the box and it caused them to fly around and get caught in the filter.
I wound up having to remove the whole assembly and beat on it for a few minutes to get all the seeds and whatnot out.
Yes I got a new filter!
Here are a couple of closeups:
Last edited by wdb; 08-07-2012 at 05:14 AM. Reason: Fix image links
#3
Geez, how many miles are you rocking? That's a lot of leaves! I changed my filter to a K&N at about 5,000 and the stock filter was pretty clean. I have 16K now, so I'm not sure how it looks.
Also, it's weird that your filter color is green. Mine was white.
Also, it's weird that your filter color is green. Mine was white.
#9
Yep it's blue-green on the dirty side and white on the clean side; the new one was the same way.
We have a lot of little furries around here; given the sizes involved I'm leaning more towards chimpmunks than squirrels.
I forgot to mention that I also fashioned a little "intake fence" out of 1/4" by 1/4" galvanized steel mesh and popped it into the rubber hose that feeds cold air into the intake box. Hopefully that will deter the rodents...
We have a lot of little furries around here; given the sizes involved I'm leaning more towards chimpmunks than squirrels.
I forgot to mention that I also fashioned a little "intake fence" out of 1/4" by 1/4" galvanized steel mesh and popped it into the rubber hose that feeds cold air into the intake box. Hopefully that will deter the rodents...
#12
That is wild! I can't believe you had all those in your filter. I am going out to check mine this evening thanks to your post. We have those trees all over our neighborhood and they always jam up my gutters and have to be
cleaned out. Your car has got to be breathing better now!
Cat :x
cleaned out. Your car has got to be breathing better now!
Cat :x
#14
I have been reading up on intakes and mods to the stock intake (SHG_Mike ) and I thought I'd go out to my car and have a look at all the stock stuff. So I popped the hood, popped the clips, and lo and behold...
My best guess is that some furry little forest critter had attempted to take up residence in my air filter box. That, or they were using it as a restaurant.
What really flipped me out was that all the little "helicopter" seed thingies were jammed up in the filter. The blue-green part with all the junk in it actually faces downwards when it is in the car, so I guess there must be quite a swirl effect inside the box and it caused them to fly around and get caught in the filter.
I wound up having to remove the whole assembly and beat on it for a few minutes to get all the seeds and whatnot out.
Yes I got a new filter!
Here are a couple of closeups:
My best guess is that some furry little forest critter had attempted to take up residence in my air filter box. That, or they were using it as a restaurant.
What really flipped me out was that all the little "helicopter" seed thingies were jammed up in the filter. The blue-green part with all the junk in it actually faces downwards when it is in the car, so I guess there must be quite a swirl effect inside the box and it caused them to fly around and get caught in the filter.
I wound up having to remove the whole assembly and beat on it for a few minutes to get all the seeds and whatnot out.
Yes I got a new filter!
Here are a couple of closeups:
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