I checked and it moved.,
Installed a filter minder
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I just put a new outer filter every 2nd oil change (500hrs). Same with hydraulic filters, fuel, etc.
For most of my stuff that's maybe every 2 or 3 years.
For most of my stuff that's maybe every 2 or 3 years.
It's not the same. It's actually more like the opposite.
Neglecting your oil is likely to destroy the engine. Neglecting your air filter does no engine harm whatsoever. In the worst case, it plugs and you lose airflow and the engine stalls. But long before that happens you will observe low power.
So if you neglect your air filter, you have an innocuous fail mode that does no long term engine damage and provides plenty of warning. That's not at all the case of neglecting oil changing, which does major long term engine damage and will cause a very expensive failure, often without any warning at all.
This is why the "cheap insurance" argument for more frequent oil changes does not apply to frequent air filter changes whatsoever. Insurance is for catastrophic events. An OEM style paper filter will not dust out an engine due to neglect.
NOTE: this does not apply to aftermarket style filters where can indeed dust out an engine if neglected. There's a reason OEMs never use these style filters, and it's not just cost.
2 days of dust storm driving down, now over 10,000 miles on the filter and still no reading. Probably have at least one day of bad dust storms later this week.
Well it's been a year. Still no reading, haven't put many miles on the truck since march. It's been warm and my Nissan leaf once again has acceptable range.
Been putting more miles on it since I splattered that deer with my wife's car.
Had 2 or 3 dust storms since may, one that was fire smoke, dust and ash that lasted all day.
14,000 miles now, still no reading so I took it out, blew it off and shopvac'ed it. It's starting to look a little dirty now.
That last air filter probably had 50,000 to 100,000 miles on it and it didn't give a reading. I would estimate that the old air filter was at least 4 times as dirty as my current 14k mile filter.
Had 2 or 3 dust storms since may, one that was fire smoke, dust and ash that lasted all day.
14,000 miles now, still no reading so I took it out, blew it off and shopvac'ed it. It's starting to look a little dirty now.
That last air filter probably had 50,000 to 100,000 miles on it and it didn't give a reading. I would estimate that the old air filter was at least 4 times as dirty as my current 14k mile filter.
I installed one on the 2010 Ford explorer 4L. New microguard select air filter is already showing 13''h2o a I have even really spun the engine up as fast as it will go. Pretty sure the main restriction forward of the throttle plate is the approximately 2 inch diameter maf sensor.
The dodge Dakota 5.2l is about 1L bigger and makes around 20 to 30 more HP and the air filter is only slightly bigger than that found in the Ford. The dodge doesn't use a maf.
The dodge Dakota 5.2l is about 1L bigger and makes around 20 to 30 more HP and the air filter is only slightly bigger than that found in the Ford. The dodge doesn't use a maf.
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Wouldn't matter unless the filter minder is down stream of the MAF sensor. I'd think ideally the location of the filter minder should be between the clean side of the air filter and the MAF sensor location.
Yes I was going to put it in the air box as I normally do but I saw that restrictive looking air intake and thought I'll just try this first. I'm sure the air filter box will produce no reading for a while just as I've found with the dodge.
I can see if there's an upgrade maf available because my wife thinks it's gutless. She's been spoiled by the instant power of gasoline and electric.
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Have you thought of replacing the air filter indicator? Maybe it has a flaw & it’s ceased
I tested it. When I was doing dishes I grabbed the filter minder and a 2 foot length of clear vinyl tube. I marked the tube every 6 inches. Filled the tube with water and attached it to the filter minder with a 1/8npt hose barb. I plugged the filled tube into the filter minder right about at the surface level of the water and began to lift. Once I got about 13 inches above the water level the filter minder clicked into the 11 to 13 inches of water mark. The first increment that it will lock into. So it definitely works.
I cannot visualize this.
That just illustrates how the appearance of the filter is no indication of the amount of restriction it has.
It's still fairly clear. I occasionally use my shop vac to vacuum it off.
My truck has the RamAir system on it and I get some bugs and grass in the air filter but these coarse particles don’t really cause a lot of restriction. I usually clean my filter and air box a couple of times during the change interval. I’ve heard that my truck has a built in filter restriction warning system but I can’t find anything in print anywhere about it.
