99 Tacoma air filter life?

When do they recommend replacing the stock Toyota air filter on the 2.7? Truck didn't come with any type of manual. I like the factory airbox/filter for wheeling and whatnot, but damn they are kinda spendy at $20-25 a pop.

 

15k miles or so. or you could just smack it on some concrete so whatever loose dust thats there will fall out. and do that til every 30k miles or so then replace.

 

Awesome, thank you sir. Figure once a year then or so. I live in the desert, sand, windy all the time.

 

if you don't go with dealer filters, go with napa or carquest blue air filters.

 

I like to stick with Toyota parts. I changed it twice in last 15K just because of where I live and I go out most every weekend on some kind of adventure. I took in some water at some dunes just a few thousand after the first air filter swap when I bought the truck, alternator went out, cleaned MAF and TB, new fuel filter, plugs/wires, basically whole not her tune up. Try not doing that again...

 

FRAM is fine too. Get em at wallys to save money. And before the FRAM is shit guys come in... I use FRAM in my 94 Supra turbo that's modded and it sucks air like a fiend. That car wears out air filters quickly. They were always in good shape when replaced. . . . It's all preference.

I wonder if a Supra turbo uses the same filter as a 4 cyl Tacoma? Possibly.

 

Your Climate really effects how often you change air filters .

Big difference between South West Asia and South East Asia

 

of course it sucks air like a fiend. it doesn't filter worth a shit. see graph below. shorter bars are better.

 

Great info. I like that graph!

 

and honestly.... i think the nuts that did this test didn't oil the KNN filter properly........

 

If your churning moon dust every outing,,stick with the low side. If not so dusty and would like the extra power that is lost on the low side,,pick something from the tall side. The easy way to judge and decide with that chart. Most of us would like to be somewhere in the middle to the low side. To each his own.

 

It would be nice to know where a Toyota OEM air filter fits into the chart...

 

knowing toyota, you can be safely guess that it's around the 5 percentile.

 

From everything I've read and gathered it's pretty tough to beat the factory airbox/filter combo for wheeling purposes. Just kinda sucks buying $25 filters, over time that adds up to a bit. The aftermarket cold air intakes don't do much of anything good for off road besides get dirty and muddy so I don't see the benefit of one of them unless your on pavement/gravel roads. I get 24-25 mpg highway on 33x12.5s, along with a pacesetter header and 2.5" magnaflow exhaust, stock intake, 5 speed/manual hubs. Just my opinion anyway.

 

My rule of thumb is if I can't see through it anymore, it's time to replace it. Hold it up to a bright light like the sun, flashlight, etc and if you can still see light on the other side, keep using it, if not, replace.