What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I have used them before and they were terrible filters and offered 0 performance gain, thanks for the history lesson on the motorcycle stuff, As a kid the only people that ran them was street cars.
Our complex fuel systems take nearly 0 advantage of a drop in filter.

I have run K&N in at least 5 diff vehicles cause thats all their was besides stock and each time the only advantage was cleaning it and re oiling it VS buying a new filter.

 

http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html

Here is a good read for air filters.

 

For every product out there, there is a study that will say something negative about it.
Run what you want, I don't care I just don't like to see a well known product that actually works being bashed because somebody used it wrong, didn't follow maintenance procedures or heard it was bad because their friends, brothers, sisters boyfriend, threw a rod.

 

I never said anyone told me.. I said I have used it, after each trip with a K&N my MAF and throttle body were filthy, with a stock filter the amount of dust was greatly diminished, the dust and debris that do make it into your throttle body can score cylinders and harm the motor.

Yes it would take a lot but its still a risk.

Dry filters can be smacked to clean a lot out, an oiled filter.. well not so much.

You run that K&N for all I care, I will not.

 

Quoted from a Moderator on this forum none the less.
He lives in Dusty Arizona so that might mean something.

 

Suspense is high around my place, I just operated on the truck. New radiator and a complete A/C system rebuild, currently being vacuumed down and I haven't fired it up yet.

 

My suggestions are just that.. mine.

 

But @chris4x4 drives a heep. Definely cant take any auto advice from him


Just for kicks

 

I've run K&N filters in 2 previous vehicles. I've since done a ton of research on air filters. My conclusion was K&N and some others offered higher air flow rates and most stock air filters had the best filtration. I'd rather have cleaner air than more air. So I run a K&N on my Victory, which only sees about 3000km a year and OEM filters on my daily drivers. Just my 2 cents on the subject, to each there own.

 

Nope all wrong.

Go with Toyota

$55 90915-YZZD3 Oil Filter 1 Case (QTY 10)

90915-YZZD3, from the Tundra and 4runner.

Just like our stock filter but a half inch longer, more filter material.

 

Last time I bought a filter they gave me a D3 I'm pretty sure instead of the D1.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/toyota-oil-filter-made-in-thailand-vs-the-competition.123608/

 

I ran the k and n drop in filter on my 99 ford ranger for over a decade, no issues.
i ran one on my 99 taco for about two months before I got a p0171. These trucks don't like em. I've heard plenty of other members have issues as well. Some don't and some do. I imagine most would rather be safe than sorry

 

+1

 

When I bought my truck with <60k on it it had a K&N air filter.

My truck has 130k on it now and still has the same filter?










conspiracy?



















5100s? or OME?
























what about kings, icons, and fox?





































how big of tire can i fit with no lift?
































do yu liek mudkipz?

 

Cue the x-files music!!!

 

I've ran a k&n for almost 40k.. Only issue was I over oiled it once and clogged up my idle air control valve... Cleaned it out and problem went away!

 

Went camping last week/weekend, had a ton of fun. There's more pics in my build thread
DSC_3084 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr
DSC_3054 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr
DSC_2989 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr

Also my new ram mount for my Ipad to run GPS app and my Garmin 60 csx. I love it, works great for navigating.
DSC_3088 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr

 

Means nothing other than the filters and test wasn't done properly.
K&N has a prefilter that needs to be run in conditions like that. So do the dry filter manufacturers that you favor.

The only person here screaming HP gains is you. I never mentioned it once but you keep bringing it up. Anybody who buys a drop in filter of any brand and expects HP gains is going to be disappointed. None of them do that. You buy a washable drop in filter to get better air filtration and so you don't have to keep buying them.
Keep smacking that paper filter to "clean it" you just destroyed the internal structure of the media and opened it up to contamination.
That is not the proper way in any shape or form to clean a dry filter. Or any filter for that matter.

I've cleaned my filter twice in 124,000 miles. It's a weekend project, not a 30 minute job.
If the process is rushed, it will cause problems cause it ain't ready. If you do it properly, it will last a long time and filter cleaner than any paper filter.