miles on kwik filter?
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How many miles have you guys put on the kwik filter, before you noticed a reduced mpg? I have always gotten 18+ miles per gallon in the city, but has gone down to 16 without changing my driving habits, and without the a/c on. I was thinking reduced air flow would cause a reduced mpg. And if you can see the light through the other side of the filter, when using a flash light is a good way to test, and can air pressure be used to clean, or just replace when dirty?
Thanks in advance for any replys. Jeff
Thanks in advance for any replys. Jeff
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I've never noticed a change in mileage. I got about 10,000 miles out of my last one and it could have gone a LOT farther. I was going on vacation and wanted new filters everywhere, so I changed it.
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I have probably 10,000 miles on it, so not really excessive amount. I didn't think about winter fuels, I live in Phoenix,az. so not sure if this would affect me. Thanks for replys, waiting for TS chip to be delivered, hopefully mpg will go up, barring a lead foot. Jeff
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Originally Posted by ltfox
The drop in milage you noticed is most likley due to winter blend fuels.
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I forgot about the ten minute warm up after work- that adds up to two hours
of ilde per work week, Plus having fun with the mods you GUYS MAKE ME BUY.
Having to much fun to do it any other way , plus get to learning about my PSD.
of ilde per work week, Plus having fun with the mods you GUYS MAKE ME BUY.
Having to much fun to do it any other way , plus get to learning about my PSD.
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Originally Posted by jcab
I have probably 10,000 miles on it, so not really excessive amount. I didn't think about winter fuels, I live in Phoenix,az. so not sure if this would affect me. Thanks for replys, waiting for TS chip to be delivered, hopefully mpg will go up, barring a lead foot. Jeff
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Just out of curiousity, where did you mount your FilterMinder? I wonder if you mounted the FilterMinder in such a way that the air rushing past the sensor's port creates a venturi effect? Thus vacuum, that isn't really there in the airstream, is being seen.
There have been locations found that present a higher vacuum to the Minder than is actually present. Another thread covered this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=398129
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Just out of curiousity, where did you mount your FilterMinder? I wonder if you mounted the FilterMinder in such a way that the air rushing past the sensor's port creates a venturi effect? Thus vacuum, that isn't really there in the airstream, is being seen.
There have been locations found that present a higher vacuum to the Minder than is actually present. Another thread covered this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=398129
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