I washed my K&N filter last night and to speed up the drying process I put it in the oven on 125 degrees for an hour,now instead of having a 6" opening it's about 5.5" and certaianly wont fit back on...... Oh well,time for a new one.

 

That's a good one. lol. Thanks for sharing. I've got a K&N too, so I won't be repeating that one.

 

I can sypathize with you on that. When I got a brand new one (the one they took out of the box to display) from my local auto parts store for my dirt late model, I noticed it had been sitting on the shelf for a while and had gotten a little dusty. so I decided to wash it since I had some extra wash and a recharge kit from my last filter anyway. So I washed mine up all nice and pretty and laid it out in the sun on a nice 85* day. Came back outside about an hour later, and it shrunk like crazy. Tossed it in the trash and went and bought an R2C and never looked back.

 

Lol.

Thanks fer being candid.

Next time, make an adapter and hook the freshly cleaned filter to yer shop vac. Let it run until it's dry. Then, after reoiling, do it again - this will remove any excess oil so it will not end up on yer MAF.

good luck
MGD

 

I once worked with a guy who would put his work boots in his oven to dry them. So don't feel bad! Lesson learned

 

Wow.....just wow.
I'm almost positive it says in the directions not to speed up the drying time with any fans or heat. I KNOW it doesn't say anything about an oven, but I'm pretty sure K&N just figured that nobody in their right mind would try that.
I mean, I just don't know.....wow.

 

It's only a filter bud, I didn't put my whole truck in the oven.

A person in their right mind would think that at times it's warmer than 125 degrees under the hood........

 

Aftermarket filters suck anyway. No sense in polluting your engine with dirt for 1-2hp..... unless its a hot rod (high hp, short life, toy) but in that case just ditch the filter altogether.
But thats just my opinion.

 

I would go with a dry filter system...ditch the oiled filter...not good for the MAF and TB

 

I think you bring up a valid point, but it's not the biggest deal to me. I've had a K&N for ever on my 2006 which I purchased to save money by not having to buy new paper filters. It's definitely paid for itself by now. Now I do take my MAF sensor out fairly often and spray it off with cleaner since it's a cinch to do. I've also removed my TB once to clean it which was also pretty easy. I think you'll likely need to clean your MAF and TB even if you use paper filters so running with an oiled filter isn't really adding any additional maintenance in my opinion. If you go crazy with the oil on the filter then I suppose you could have some issues then, but otherwise I think they're fine.