Why you change your air filters

rarwz · 03-20-2011, 09:56 AM

25,000 miles in, I switched out my stock filters (30k life) for K&N.

Just wanted to post a few pictures of the old filters and dirty they were. Its quite interesting to see what made it up the intakes into the filters.

Interesting to see where most of the airflow goes.

Somehow a pebble got stuck in the filter. A pebble made it all the way to there. Wow.

Lots of seeds and other misc stuff stuck in there.

Compared to my last car (corolla) this is crazyness, as there was never anything more than a 'helicopter' seed or two in there in 100k+ miles.

TreeSemdyZee · 03-20-2011, 11:00 AM

Your Corolla didn't need nearly the volume of air that a 3.7 liter, 332hp engine needs. The vacuum that pulls through the intakes is pretty intense.

Red__Zed · 03-20-2011, 11:09 AM

That's a lot of crap up in the filters.

Lemers · 03-20-2011, 11:39 AM

Wonder whatdamage a pebble could have done to the engine.

Jordo! · 03-20-2011, 11:47 AM

That's why the filters are there

birdmanx1 · 03-20-2011, 05:04 PM

I noticed better mileage from adding the K&N man, mileage went up to 16.2mpg in just a few days

Doing this next man? Intake Tubes

03-20-2011, 09:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
rarwz Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 370z Posts: 178 Drives: 09 Touring Rep Power: 17	Why you change your air filters 25,000 miles in, I switched out my stock filters (30k life) for K&N. Just wanted to post a few pictures of the old filters and dirty they were. Its quite interesting to see what made it up the intakes into the filters. Interesting to see where most of the airflow goes. Somehow a pebble got stuck in the filter. A pebble made it all the way to there. Wow. Lots of seeds and other misc stuff stuck in there. Compared to my last car (corolla) this is crazyness, as there was never anything more than a 'helicopter' seed or two in there in 100k+ miles.

03-20-2011, 11:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 54	Wonder whatdamage a pebble could have done to the engine. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

03-20-2011, 11:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jordo! A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: nirvana Posts: 6,394 Drives: 2023 NATM Rep Power: 420	That's why the filters are there __________________ Enjoy it. Destroy it.

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TreeSemdyZee Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kentuck-IANA Age: 62 Posts: 4,888 Drives: '09 370 & ‘14 Juke Rep Power: 27410	Your Corolla didn't need nearly the volume of air that a 3.7 liter, 332hp engine needs. The vacuum that pulls through the intakes is pretty intense.

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Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 121	That's a lot of crap up in the filters.