K&N makes a cleaning / recharging kit that's pretty much the same as the AEM kit for around ~ $15. should be available at your local auto parts store.

 

http://www.raceandstreet.com/filtercleaninfo1/

 

hey guys, i've had the aem cai for a long time and last time i cleaned it i used aem's official cleaner stuff that was fairly expensive. is there a cheaper alternative to cleaning my filter??? if not i'll just spring for the cleaning stuff again.

http://www.performancecenter.com/products/?productID=51068
$8.99 > Free Shipping...

 

http://www.performancecenter.com/products/?productID=51068
$8.99 > Free Shipping...

Do you have a link for a place in Canada that sells the AEM kit cheap? I can get the K&N anywhere, but all the AEM ones are excessively overpriced.

 

AEM, you're the most useful new guy I've seen in a while!!! I appreciate your help.

 

how often are you supposed to clean your CAI?

 

that's what I read here:

http://www.shotimes.com/SHO3airfilter.html

K&N's instructions are pretty specific about not over-oiling the filter. The K&N is a great filter as long as its maintained properly. Clean and re-oil it about every 10K miles.

and you can reuse the K&N filter 25 times, no more often...

 

how often are you supposed to clean your CAI?

My K&N for my old Civic said at about 50,000 miles. I usually clean mine between winter & summer to get any salt/cinders off of it.

You can clean your filter with regular soap and water. If the filter requires oil, you'll have to apply it after it dries. I've heard of people using WD-40 as filter oil, but K&N says not to use it. But who knows if it actually deteriorates the filter or if they just want you to spend more money on their oil kits.

 

My K&N for my old Civic said at about 50,000 miles. I usually clean mine between winter & summer to get any salt/cinders off of it.

You can clean your filter with regular soap and water. If the filter requires oil, you'll have to apply it after it dries. I've heard of people using WD-40 as filter oil, but K&N says not to use it. But who knows if it actually deteriorates the filter or if they just want you to spend more money on their oil kits.

probably k&n wanting to get $ off their cleaning kits, i bought one couple days ago and cleaned mine, seems like the oil runs out faster then the cleaning soloution, gah