How To Oil Air Filter

HOW MUCH OIL SHOULD Yous USE ON YOUR Thousand&N HIGH-Menstruation AIR FILTER™?

When servicing your High-Menstruation Air Filter™ (cotton media), be sure to follow the re-oiling directions carefully. Use but K&North oil, and never saturate the filter. If oil drips from the filter, allow the filter to sit for several minutes until it stops dripping, and then wipe any excess oil from the filter frame. Follow the oiling instructions included in the Recharger® cleaning kit, and contact customer service if y'all accept questions regarding the oiling process.

Check for the correct oil amount on the product page

Under the "specifications" tab on individual product pages, you can view the mill oil amount and use that as a criterion for re-oiling.

HOW TO RE-OIL YOUR K&N Cotton fiber AIR FILTER

Re-oiling a Yard&N air filter is elementary and tin can typically be accomplished in just a few minutes. When using an air filter oil squeeze bottle, utilize K&North air filter oil evenly along the crown of each pleat. Permit the oil to wick for approximately 20 minutes, and then impact upward any light areas on either side of filter until in that location is a uniform red colour in all areas.

If oiling a K&N air filter using the air filter oil aerosol spray, the procedure is like to using the squeeze bottle kit. Spray the oil evenly along the crown of each pleat, belongings the spray nozzle almost 3" abroad from the filter. Let the oil to wick for approximately 20 minutes. Impact upwardly any light areas on either side of the filter until there is a uniform red color in all areas.

Step 1 - Utilise G&Due north® POWER KLEEN®

Liberally spray Power Kleen® filter cleaner onto both sides of the filter and permit to sit for ten minutes. Exercise not permit the cleaner to dry on the air filter.

STEP two - RINSE YOUR FILTER WITH Low Force per unit area WATER

Rinse your air filter with cool low-pressure water from the make clean side out in club to flush the dirt out of the filter. Keep to rinse the filter until the water runs clear. It may exist necessary to repeat steps 1 and 2.

STEP 3 - ALLOW YOUR FILTER TO DRY NATURALLY

After rinsing your filter, gently shake off excess water and permit the filter to dry naturally. Do not use oil until the air filter is completely dry out.

STEP iv - APPLY Grand&Northward® FILTER OIL

When using theair filter oil squeeze bottle found inM&Due north® filter cleaning kit 99-5050, apply K&N air filter oil evenly forth the crown of each pleat. Allow the oil to wick for approximately xx minutes, and and so touch upwardly any light areas on either side of filter until there is a uniform red color on all areas. When using theK&Due north® air filter oil aerosol spray constitute inThou&North filter cleaning kit 99-5000orChiliad&N'due south 12.25 oz aerosol air filter oil, spray the oil evenly forth the crown of each pleat while belongings the nozzle about 3" abroad. Permit the oil to wick for approximately xx minutes. Touch up whatsoever light areas on either side of the filter until there is a uniform red color on all areas. Please note that the above process is the only approved procedure for maintaining your One thousand&N® High-Menstruation Air Filter™.

Applying K&N filter oil from a squeeze bottle

OIL WORKS Every bit A TACKING Amanuensis

The amount of oil on K&Northward cotton fiber gauze air filters is minimal (commonly less than ii ounces) and is a critical component of K&N'southward legendary air filtration engineering. K&N air filter oil has been developed to remain suspended within the thousands of microscopic cotton fiber fibers constitute within the filter media and acts as a tacking agent, designed to grab and hold contaminants that might otherwise laissez passer through the filter into the engine.

Once K&Northward filter oil is properly and evenly absorbed through the cotton, the oil is nearly impossible to remove without cleaner, even under extreme driving conditions. Most K&Due north air filters come pre-oiled from the factory using automated oiling machines. These machines are programmed to apply the precise corporeality of Chiliad&Due north air filter oil specific to each Chiliad&N air filter. K&N automotive replacement air filters can get up to 50,000 miles (under normal highway driving conditions) before air filter cleaning and re-oiling is necessary. The oversized conical air filters used on K&N operation air intake systems are designed to go upwards to 100,000 miles before information technology's time to service the air filter.

Microscopic view of K&N oiled cotton filter media

HOW DOES Yard&North Test THE AIRFLOW OF AIR FILTERS?

Yard&Northward performs airflow testing on a SuperFlow Corporation SF-1020 catamenia bench, which is a computerized catamenia bench capable of measuring airflow rates up to 1020 cubic feet per minute (cfm) at test pressures of up to 65 inches of water. K&N has adult procedures for measuring airflow and pressure level differential (restriction) of the diverse size and shaped filter elements that we manufacture. These procedures are followed to ensure a consistent comparison of airflows between filters that are of differing textile or manufacture.

HOW DOES K&N TEST DIRT RETENTION?

High airflow isn't the merely bespeak of consideration when developing a Thou&N performance air filter: K&N places the utmost importance on dirt retention and filtration efficiencies. One thousand&N operates an in-house filtration test lab with 2 different testing machines built in consultation with Southwest Research Institute, and performs tests of filters both in the manufactory air box and in SAE/ISO recommended test housing fixtures.

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