Do you have a K&N Cone Style Air Filter on your vehicle? If you do, you will need to clean it at some point. This is not hard to do, but there are a couple things you will need.
The first thing you ‘ll need is this Filter Recharging Kit from K&N (affiliate link). It includes the cleaner and air filter oil. I would never use anything other than this to clean the filter. Once you have it in hand, you’re ready to clean your filter. Do not start this process until you have the cleaning kit.
The other thing you’ll need is some time. You need to allow the filter to dry naturally before you can reinstall it. In my experience, it takes at least a couple of hours to dry, so you need to plan to not drive the vehicle during this time. You’re now ready to clean.
Begin by removing the filter. Typically, this is done by loosening the hose clamp at the end of the filter, and pulling the filter off. Now you can spray the filter down with the cleaner until its nice and saturated. Let the filter sit for a few minutes, but don’t let the cleaner dry on it. Now, using low pressure water, rinse the filter out from the inside to the outside until the water runs clear. Never rinse from the outside to the inside. This will force the dirt into the filter instead of cleaning it. When the filter is clean, take it outside and shake it like crazy to remove as much water from it as possible. This will speed up the drying time. Now let the filter dry naturally. I like to let it sit in the sun to dry. Once its completely dry, you can proceed to re-oil the filter. Spray the oil into the pleats of the filter. Try to keep your sprays as even as possible, and only apply one coat. Let that coat sit for ten minutes to wick into the remaining areas of the filter and reapply oil to fill in any areas that you can still see the white cotton underneath. Your K&N Filter, is ready to be reinstalled.
See, its easy to clean your filter. Just a reminder to get this kit before starting the process. Check out the cleaning process in the video below.
— Affiliate Links to products Used —
K&N Filtercharger Kit – https://amzn.to/2IPrFA2
