Originally Posted By: SkateAndDestroy
I actually live about ~1 mile from the beach, could that be having an effect on air filtration? I don't care so much about the silicon, its the copper that concerns me more.
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Place some oil on your finger, coat it with some of the fine gritty silt that is on your windowsills, and rub your finger back and forth across a piece of copper pipe for a minute. Report back on what happens.
In your environment, you will need to change your air filter at a minimum of every 10K miles, if not sooner. Extremely fine silt will clog the filter and get through. As you know from your own house, that beach silt ends up everywhere. It is in your engine, and it is the main cause of your copper wear.