Tanks95

Doing some exploratory surgery...chasing an intermittent stumble under acceleration... wanted to know whats inside

Mike Murphy

How old is this filter? I think mine is long overdue.

Tanks95

Its a guess, but i 'think' its the one that came with the car.

Idk

Mike Murphy

Good thing it’s huge with lots of surface area

Tanks95

Yup, it did its job.

Dock

What's the colored substance on your gloves?

Tanks95

dock, IDK...? some type of residue. This morning the tips of the filter element were white?

i didn't think to get the camera out sooner. The gloves were fresh out the box when i started to inspect the internals (bright clean orange).

idk....what it is...you have any ideas?

Dock

So the white is where the filter has dried out?

I don't know, but would hazard a guess that it's the result of a chemical change of the filter surface. If it is, then the question would be whether or not the current surface of the filter offered the same flow resistance as the original surface.

Tanks95

This...next day, dried out.