kcheng616

For those that live in dusty environments or do any kind of offroad driving on dusty gravel trails, etc, how often are you cleaning or changing your air filters (engine/intake)?

58twincam

No off road Expierence, but changed my original filters at 50k and they looked great. Mostly highway driving though.

ECS Tuning

I know Porsche recommends that dusty areas require more frequent check and possible replacement of the air filter elements. Are you running a stock air filter ?

txhokie4life

Wonder how fine that dust is -- and is it within the level of particulates that the filter will catch?

I read where the military had serious problems with their engines on the M1's during Desert Storm.

They flew out a specialist who redesigned the air filter.

Mike

kcheng616

Yep I'm running stock filters. Waiting for the scheduled interval for the air filter change, but was just kind of curious how much dust and stuff gets into the filter where its located. Fairly clean after 50k/mostly highway sounds like there isn't too much stuff getting up there. I don't live in dusty environments but have done a few drives out on dusty/gravel trails, often following in another vehicles dust cloud. Just considered shaking it off if I have time.

I was about to check it, but I think I may just wait another 5-7k miles for the change. I read somewhere that if I take it off to clean, it is recommended to change it at that time because it might not seal properly again.