Aftermarket Filter Maintenance
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Aftermarket Filter Maintenance
Hi Guys,
Changed out my S&B filter today and I'm wondering what u guys that run them have been doing for cleaning them? Had plenty of K&N's in the passed and I just used to wash them, let them dry and then oil them. Have heard a few people say they would never put an oiled filter in these trucks due to the turbo system, any truth to that?? Might seem like a trivial question but I'd hate to oil up the filter and then have a turbo blow because I never looked into it enough. Thanks for the advice. Cheers
Changed out my S&B filter today and I'm wondering what u guys that run them have been doing for cleaning them? Had plenty of K&N's in the passed and I just used to wash them, let them dry and then oil them. Have heard a few people say they would never put an oiled filter in these trucks due to the turbo system, any truth to that?? Might seem like a trivial question but I'd hate to oil up the filter and then have a turbo blow because I never looked into it enough. Thanks for the advice. Cheers
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I bought the system off Ebay and of course it never came with cleaning instructions. Thought someone on here might know but I guess not. I will contact S&B and see what they recommend.
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Alright, finally had a few mins to do some more research on this subject and found some answers. S&B has their own cleaning and oiling kit (probably much the same as a K&N kit) and they recommend to clean the filter thoroughly and then oil it and it's ready to use again. I'm going to try and dig up a little more info and find out if the oil could potentially cause any problems with the turbo's on the 6.4 but I can't see why it would. I think it would make sense for a person to let the oil penetrate good into the filter and then sit for awhile before it's run in the truck again and that should alleviate any possible problems. I have 2 filters for mine so I will clean one as it comes out of the truck and then oil it and leave it sit (in a clean sealed box) until I need it again. That is my plan for now and I will let you guys know if I dig up any other info that says otherwise.
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I don't think it causes issues with the turbos. I think it causes issues with sensors, i.e; MAF. Brandon D, I have the same basic plan as you about the extra filter. I put on a new
1 over the summer, and have the other cleaned, oiled, and ready to go when the time comes. Only difference is I have the AFE w/Proguard7.
1 over the summer, and have the other cleaned, oiled, and ready to go when the time comes. Only difference is I have the AFE w/Proguard7.
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Ok so were to start. The use of an aftyermarket filter that requires oiling can lead to engine failer.
What can happen is oil will contaminate the maf sensor and cause the truck to regen more often then is required. durring the regen process more fuel is pushed passed the rings and leads to an overfull crankcase. the overfull crankcase will then begen to push oil in to the charge air cooler causing excessive cyclinder temps and the engine running off of the oil supplied by the cac system. This will cause the piston(s) to melt.
also just to add to this you may notice a drop in milage as this begans to happen
just my .02 worth on the matter. Ive fixed one this before.
What can happen is oil will contaminate the maf sensor and cause the truck to regen more often then is required. durring the regen process more fuel is pushed passed the rings and leads to an overfull crankcase. the overfull crankcase will then begen to push oil in to the charge air cooler causing excessive cyclinder temps and the engine running off of the oil supplied by the cac system. This will cause the piston(s) to melt.
also just to add to this you may notice a drop in milage as this begans to happen
just my .02 worth on the matter. Ive fixed one this before.
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Ok so were to start. The use of an aftyermarket filter that requires oiling can lead to engine failer.
What can happen is oil will contaminate the maf sensor and cause the truck to regen more often then is required. durring the regen process more fuel is pushed passed the rings and leads to an overfull crankcase. the overfull crankcase will then begen to push oil in to the charge air cooler causing excessive cyclinder temps and the engine running off of the oil supplied by the cac system. This will cause the piston(s) to melt.
also just to add to this you may notice a drop in milage as this begans to happen
just my .02 worth on the matter. Ive fixed one this before.
What can happen is oil will contaminate the maf sensor and cause the truck to regen more often then is required. durring the regen process more fuel is pushed passed the rings and leads to an overfull crankcase. the overfull crankcase will then begen to push oil in to the charge air cooler causing excessive cyclinder temps and the engine running off of the oil supplied by the cac system. This will cause the piston(s) to melt.
also just to add to this you may notice a drop in milage as this begans to happen
just my .02 worth on the matter. Ive fixed one this before.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but most guys that run aftermarket filters have the DPF delete kit and a tuner. So that being said the truck no longer goes into regen, wouldn't that then eliminate any problems that might come from the oiled filter?? If I'm reading what you're saying correctly this would be nothing to worry about if my truck no longer has a regen cycle?
the ones we see still have the dpf and no tuner. I just had to reinstall 2 factory air boxes for this concern.
one was an afe the other an air raid.
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Thanks for the response, glad I was understanding you correctly.
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