Originally Posted By: Kestas
Originally Posted By: maverickfhs
Originally Posted By: Kestas
I put 105K on an air filter until it set a check engine light. Car ran fine otherwise.
I just wanted to see how far I could take it. There's not a lot of dust around here, and I know most people change their air filters too soon.
Just curious if anyone has cleaned the air filter with gas or compressed air? Also, did you ever clean it while taking it until 105K? Did CEL go off after your replace with a new air filter? Curious minds want to know
I would knock the debris out of the filter every time I went to inspect it.
Yes, the CEL went out and did not return after installing the new filter.
Sure enough, the old filter did not pass the light test when trying to shine light through it. Otherwise it wasn't horribly dark, like cabin filters can be, and looked no different from a filter with 30K on it.
I am going to follow this and wait for CEL and then replace it.