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I am looking for advice on air filters. What's good stock and/or what is a good aftermarket air box filter kit : is. K&N or ?.
I have several miles of dusty gravel roads I drive daily so a cheap knock off isn't good.
Friend of mine said Racor makes OEM filters for motor craft but he has a 6.0 and let's face it that is a different beast from what we have.
Thanks for the input
Fert
I have several miles of dusty gravel roads I drive daily so a cheap knock off isn't good.
Friend of mine said Racor makes OEM filters for motor craft but he has a 6.0 and let's face it that is a different beast from what we have.
Thanks for the input
Fert
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Donaldson makes the oem and does provide very good filtration. If you are looking for something that is reuseable I had the banks ram air on mine. Great seal and good tight filter box that it comes in.
AFE makes one and there are a couple of others..but not k&N.
AFE makes one and there are a couple of others..but not k&N.
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Banks mades a good one but there are others. I don't know if you looked at their website for pics but the unit has it's own box and elbow to connect to the flexible portion of the intake.
The MAF sensor gets moved over to the banks ram air. I think this design allows it to have the best seal possible.
Also one thing to consider for emissions states is this is CARB certified.
The MAF sensor gets moved over to the banks ram air. I think this design allows it to have the best seal possible.
Also one thing to consider for emissions states is this is CARB certified.
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MAF sensor cleaner
Don't forget to service/clean the MAF sensor periodically. Whether you do it with a stock filter or with an oil filter. I routinely do it when I have/do an oil change or I clean my filter and re-oil it. I tend to clean the MAF sensor a couple of weeks after I've oiled the filter. The lapse in time will depend on truck use. A clean MAF sensor should help with proper fuel/air mixture, better performance and hopefully better mileage.
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I never needed to clean mine and I would hesitate to even touch the wire.
It was always clean.
It was always clean.
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Specific product for cleaining the MAF sensor
CRC/Mass air flow sensor cleaner (05110) | | AutoZone.com
You don't want to touch it, or use any other electrical type product to clean it except for a product specifically designed to clean the MAF sensor as other electrical product cleaners can put a coating on the wire that will inhibit obtaining the proper air/fuel mixture measurement.
The CRC product can be used to clean any residue off of the MAF. I've been using it for many years on my M3 BMWs, street vehicles and off road vehicles. You just soak the MAF sensor wire and let it set for a while to let it evaporate and dry off, then reinstall it. It's not complicated or difficult to do. The oil from the oil air filters and even minute dust filtering through the filter will coat the MAF sensor wire and cause inaccurate readings. I've noticed my BMWs wake up after I've cleaned the MAF sensor.
I've noticed that some vehicles have more of an IC chip than a wire to take the measurement. It worked just as well on the IC chip as the wire strand.
I would recommend you remove the air duct from the vehicle to spray the product on the MAF sensor rather than leaving the duct on the vehicle. I hold the duct vertical so as to allow the cleaner to drain out of the duct rather than leaving it on the vehicle and spraying horizonally toward the throttle body or toward the air cleaner.
You don't want to touch it, or use any other electrical type product to clean it except for a product specifically designed to clean the MAF sensor as other electrical product cleaners can put a coating on the wire that will inhibit obtaining the proper air/fuel mixture measurement.
The CRC product can be used to clean any residue off of the MAF. I've been using it for many years on my M3 BMWs, street vehicles and off road vehicles. You just soak the MAF sensor wire and let it set for a while to let it evaporate and dry off, then reinstall it. It's not complicated or difficult to do. The oil from the oil air filters and even minute dust filtering through the filter will coat the MAF sensor wire and cause inaccurate readings. I've noticed my BMWs wake up after I've cleaned the MAF sensor.
I've noticed that some vehicles have more of an IC chip than a wire to take the measurement. It worked just as well on the IC chip as the wire strand.
I would recommend you remove the air duct from the vehicle to spray the product on the MAF sensor rather than leaving the duct on the vehicle. I hold the duct vertical so as to allow the cleaner to drain out of the duct rather than leaving it on the vehicle and spraying horizonally toward the throttle body or toward the air cleaner.
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finally got time to install the "new to me" Bully Dog air intake system that did arrive very quickly from SENIX. it was in good shape and i wanted to let everyone know it was nice to be able have a conversation with someone on this website, and it all turn out as planned. thank you SENIX. i wanted everyone to know you did good by me.
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congrats on the install. I used it traveling cross country and it sucked a lot of air through that thing. Inside of af and the intake were always squeaky clean. For the money it cost me and the reuse of it I was very happy with it.
Note to all though...some aftermarket air filters will throw a p2002 code. So as long as you know that then you no what caused the code.
I think I had once maybe in all those miles. Heavy heavy load from a dead stop is what threw it for me.
Note to all though...some aftermarket air filters will throw a p2002 code. So as long as you know that then you no what caused the code.
I think I had once maybe in all those miles. Heavy heavy load from a dead stop is what threw it for me.
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