Originally Posted By: kkreit01
Oh my. OE filter with 131K!? I'm surprised the car ran at all. You might want to check everything else as well: plugs, hoses, radiator and tranny fluid, etc. If the air filter went that long, I doubt anything else was touched.
Surprisingly, it runs about the same. The think the most difference is when more throttle input is used. The car was bought with about 14k miles. I'm not too sure how it has been maintained from then to now, but I changed the OE (iridium) plugs when doing the air filter. The OE plugs still had gaps in spec, I could have left them in! I replaced them with NGK G-powers. Hoses still look great and are flexible. I replaced and flushed the radiator (developed a weep). Even the OE antifreeze left everything clean inside, I was very surprised! I've been doing drain and fills on ATF using Mobil 3309 ATF. Oil is G-oil 5w-30 with carquest oil filter.
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
The car must be operated in a very low dust area, the filter looks like only 40-50k miles not 130k miles.
Yep, not too dusty here in FL. The intake tubing after the filter was clean, so the filter was still doing its job.
Originally Posted By: satinsilver
Kind of different putting the new filter on the ground like that. May want to check/replace the cabin filter as well.
It is on a concrete driveway, I made sure no dirt or sand was stuck to it, no worries.
I replaced the OE cabin filter over a year ago, and oh boy. That thing was... bad... really bad. Too bad I did not take pictures of that thing. A/C worked a lot better after replacing that!