Here are some pictures of my K&N air filter i removed from my 2002 Buick Century. The car has less than 95k miles on it and the filter was on the car most of its life. I am still trying to find out more details about the exact time of purchase and mileage of the filter but its likely been on there for just under 10 years. I have had the car only since the beginning of this year. I bought it from my father in law.
The seal is barely hanging on and brittle in some places. The outside of the filter is deformed enough that i am worried about what got in my oil. The pleats are deformed a bit but i don't see any holes in it. For some reason the filter is extremely dirty around the deformation as if it was sucking air only in that part. I believe air was getting past the filter but i am not sure if or how much. There was a piece of something on the honeycomb right at the air tube inlet, so i am sure something got past. I believe it was a small piece of a leaf.
Needless to say i got this sucker out of there and put a Purolator Pureone in there.
The engine is the 3.1 liter v6. These things are quite a pain in the rear to get the filter in carefully. Theres just enough room to move around in there without removing anything.
Thoughts?
The seal is barely hanging on and brittle in some places. The outside of the filter is deformed enough that i am worried about what got in my oil. The pleats are deformed a bit but i don't see any holes in it. For some reason the filter is extremely dirty around the deformation as if it was sucking air only in that part. I believe air was getting past the filter but i am not sure if or how much. There was a piece of something on the honeycomb right at the air tube inlet, so i am sure something got past. I believe it was a small piece of a leaf.
Needless to say i got this sucker out of there and put a Purolator Pureone in there.
The engine is the 3.1 liter v6. These things are quite a pain in the rear to get the filter in carefully. Theres just enough room to move around in there without removing anything.
Thoughts?