Homemade cold air!

That's a waste of time and money in my opinion. Toyota designed it the way it is for a reason. I don't think you'll see any difference in power or fuel economy.

 

Thinking I'll return it and just grab an OEM filter from the dealership.

I hate how I have to keep worrying about washing and oiling my dirtbike filters, but thought the AFE was better.

Thanks for the info

 

Remember also Rich, that it depends on driving conditions as well. When I was traveling west Texas a lot, and the road conditions were pretty dusty. You could clog a filter up in about 3-5k miles. Of course I would bang it out a couple of times to knock the majority of it out, but for me, 15-16k was all the life I could get out of my factory air filter. I do believe most manufacturers recommend replacement of the air filter at 15k. That is about every 5 oil changes unless you go 5k using synthetic. Of course looking it up, Toyota DOES say every 30k on a 2010 Tacoma. At $16 though, I think I will stick with my 15k personally.

 

Agreed, which is why I qualified with the desert comment.

But even at 15k, it's still only a buck every thousand miles.
By comparison, you're spending around $3000 for gas in that time.

 

The filter I have is a washable filter. Does that mean I could get the oil off of it by pressure washing it? I did that once when I pulled a shit ton of muddy water through it accidentally. it says washable/resuseable

 

Pressure washer (even a garden hose nozzle) will damage the fabric.

If you pulled mud through that filter and used a pressure washer on it, it's trash.
Never use anything more powerful than water running from a sink sprayer.

A common old-timer's trick to extend the life of a paper filter was to blow compressed air through it.
It worked if done properly, but if you got the nozzle too close, it would blow a hole in the filter... it's really not recommended.

Water from a pressure washer can rip through that like a knife. Even if you can't see the damage, it's trash.

 

agreed yes i know this an old post..i was searching through the Deckplate mod search..

 

Bingo! I can confirm this first hand. I forgot to check my oil for awhile after my last oil change(stupid). My truck doesn't leak oil but a quart was missing. I didn't know what the hell was going on but now it all makes sense. I have had a K&N cold air intake on the truck for 90k miles. The wear in the cylinders has probably reduced power and I only get about 16mpg mostly freeway driving. It is a 4x4 with 285's but I still think I should be getting a little better mileage than that. so the moral of the story is, that after market intake will probably lead to extra gas cost and an early death of your engine. Hey Rich, should I put the oem intake back on or is it too late now?

 

You know I'd put the OEM system back on, but the 285's are what's really hurting your mileage and power.
I went larger on my '94 expecting highway mileage to improve, but having to downshift at even a slight grade to maintain 70 slammed my mileage.

I am surprised you're burning a quart between changes with only 90k, but I suppose it's possible. My wife's Rav4 runs through just under a quart in 5k and she has around 140k on it... but she's not good about telling me when the idiot light comes on so some of her oil changes and air filter changes have been a little late.

 

the truck has over 115K miles. the K&N has been on for 90K miles.the tires definitely hurt the mileage. I just switched to synthetic oil and it never burned conventional oil. this is the first time I've noticeably come up short on oil. any correlation?

 

As long as the synthetic is the same weight, there should be no difference in consumption.

Could also have been a fluke. Didn't forget a quart when you changed it? I've done that before (not on the Taco).