Truck Died On Freeway

Just curious....have you applied the recharge kit to your K&N Intake since you put it on ?

 

Nope. It was installed out of the bag. I left it out in the air for 24 hours after taking it out of the bag. I have K & N filters in three other cars that I have recharged and have not had the same problem. Just silly that this truck can't run that filter. It had the bare minimum oil on the filter.

 

By the way...it was installed in 2008.

 

Wait, you haven't cleaned your aftermarket intake filter since 2008? Don't they tell you to clean it every 5k miles? . I think my trd does anyway.

 

my afe says 10k

 

In either case, i think he was a little past due

 

I was more afraid of over oiling than of leaving in dirty. Still Flowed more than the stocker. It is in a box now. Back to dry paper...but Toyota came through in the end. As of yesterday it was going to cost $590 when i picked it up. Head Service Manager called me today. Only charged me for the replacement stock filter. All else covered under warranty. He even left me my K&N in a Toyota box. Kudos to them. Thanks for all the help and advice. Leaving it stock for at least another 20K

 

Those K7N type filters are just not worth it on a daily driver IMHO. Had one on my F250 and it gunked the MAF also to the point of costly replacement.

 

Glad to her everything worked out for the best! Now that $590 you saved can go toward some other mods

 

Thanks for all the assistance. This was a great forum. I have already used some of the $$ I saved to get some upgrades for my street bike. Thanks again for all the help!

 

So, after reading all these pages...I am thinking I am scared to leave my K&N filter in my taco. I have a CAI K&N system and have not had any problems, so far. I just replaced the battery (@ 40k miles) but have not had any other problems! Is there a paper filter that will work with my CAI?
Thanks for input!!

 

Not sure but check out AFE or URD online. Hope this helps

 

I realized after I posted the above, that I actually have a TRD Cold Air Intake, and use a K&N filter. Think I will keep it, like I said, no problems so far. Additionally, I have a great relationship with our local dealer, so that's a plus!

 

x4308504584886 this is so true! it's BS I wanna do the work