For all you folks out there that are running Kwikk Filters on your rigs, how often are you changing your filter and how often would you reccomend the good folks down in Arizona to change their's? I've talked with a few Ford "techs" and now I want to ask the folks I trust.

 

Mine get pretty gray pretty quick, so prolly when I start to notice a performance change, or a high EGT.
The '96 has a vaccum gauge hooked into the intake after the filter, so prolly when it starts to pull a vacuum I will change that one. I think I went 20K on my first one and prolly could have gone alot longer.

Diesel Rod

 

if you get them from www.fleetfilter.com they are cheap enough to replace when they are starting to get dirty, thats the wix 46637

 

I still have the original one that I put on last year and it's going to be changed out next month for my vacation trip to Red Canyon, Utah.
Love that high desert country.

 

I have a 4" PVC tube ducting cold air from in front of the grill, so the filter gets pretty black in front of the tube pretty quickly. Generally I'll rotate the the filter 90* on three oil changes and replace the filter on the fourth oil change. That means I change the filter about every fourth month, though I have been known to overrun it on occasion.

 

What we SHOULD be doing is to drill a hole in the "top" of the filter (the end opposite the neck) to accomodate our original FilterMinders. Those things actually work very well as an indicator of when it's time for a change.

Something else to do........

Pop

 

I am going to do that SpringerPop, makes sense to put it back on the filter-

 

are you saying that the 46637 from fleetfilter is the same as the nappa 6637? because if it is that is the way to go. I live in Ma and do mostly street driving with the stock box and filter, i am changing mine every 1000 miles with a fram ca8925 which runs me about $12.00 a month. for $18.00 i would be happy to get just 3 months

 

Yep same thing..but different box...different price

 

OK, I just posted this to another thread, but here's how it looks, stuck in the end of the 6637:

Shows no restriction, and I know the FilterMinder works as advertised.

Truckman,

Why are you changing the filter so often, especially if there's no off-roading involved? Dirt roads?

Pop

 

they just become cloged and black it draws from the wheel well

Marc L

 

Springer pop. you must have got a good one then. My filter minder was junk. as was my buddies. @ idle I could totally block the intake, until It almost sucked my hands in and the gauge barelly moved. You could defenitly notice a diference in the idle sounds though. so I use a vacume gauge that I had laying around.

Diesel Rod

 

do u have any pics of this pvc tube..?