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JP06t100

I've recently installed the (X)ARK kit with the pod type air filters. Has anyone, or should anyone oil them? I was concerned about water if caught in the rain & was suggested this by someone who had experience with Bonnies from 'back in the day' If one was to oil them, what would you use, the UNI oil...?

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OldSkoolFool

I'm assuming you're using the Uni filters. I think they already come pre-oiled (the K&N's for sure do). Uni might sell a cleaning kit that would include filter oil (K&N makes a kit as well). Cleaning and re-oiling shouldn't need to be done more than once a year.

JP06t100

I got my kit from BellaCorse, the K&N knockoffs seem pretty dry to me, I didn't get any oil transfer while installing them. The instructions made no mention either way. So does that mean they indeed should be oiled?

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Tabletop

Are your filters paper or a cloth fiber?

K&N makes a spray cleaner and aerosol spray-on oil for their pod filters. I clean mine when I get a gray-blackish tint in the folds of the filter, then a light spray coat of oil until I get an off-pink color.

Your neighborhood auto parts store may have the K&N cleaning-oiling kit in stock. However, I would not use oil on a paper-type filter.

REVOLT

I just installed the BellaCorse kit and my filters seemed to have been pre-oil'd...there was "oil" on the rubber inlet that I had to clean the***** out of so they wouldn't pop off...Racedweeb...Can you confirm this, that the ARK filters are already oil'd?

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