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K&N air filter-clean how often?

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I have a K&N air filter, and ride on the street only (no dusty conditions generally). I have conflicting information about how often to clean the filter. The Clymer manual says to clean it every 4,000 miles or 12 months. The K&N recharge kit instructions say to clean it every 50,000 to 100,000 miles. I know the Clymer manual is for the original filter, which is not a K&N, but 4,000 miles versus 50,000? How often do you clean your K&N air filter?
 
gearhead13 said:
I clean mine when they look dirty:)
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Yup. You can't go by mileage because the amount of crud in the air differs from place to place and in different weather.
When they look dirty, go ahead and clean them. If they don't look dirty, no matter how many miles you have on them, just leave them alone.
 
koolaid_kid said:
Yup. You can't go by mileage because the amount of crud in the air differs from place to place and in different weather.
When they look dirty, go ahead and clean them. If they don't look dirty, no matter how many miles you have on them, just leave them alone.
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That's the ticket!. I had to clean mine on my trip to CA (had to buy another filter kit, left mine at home) with only about 6k on it due to road construction dirt clogging it up.
 
I clean my K&Ns about twice a year,untill you wash them out you dont know how dirty they get, my gs1000s holds back slightly at 3000rpm when they need cleaning.
 
Hi,

I clean mine every third or fourth oil change. It's usually a little dirty by then.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
You can tell when a K&N starts to get dirty. It changes color. Sure, if you clean it after 1000 miles it will clean out some dirt, its job is to catch the dirt. But until it changes colors, it is just doing its job. And they do wear out, they can only take so many cleanings.
Just a thought.
 
clean them then get the filter skins, dennis kirk has them i believe there water proof as well i believe
 
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