K N Air filter fell off!!

I noticed after coming back from the desert that my air filter on my intake had fell off, and the engine bay was pretty dusty. I still had the secondary rectangular air filter in the intake that clips on, and I also pulled it all apart and cleaned it all out including the throttle body, but should I be worried about serious damage? Probably ran about 50 miles with the cone air filter missing.

 

secondary rectangular air filter hopefully worked or you dusted your engine

compression test should be done if its not blowing smoke out the tail pipe

 

Even before the air filter fell off, there wasn't really smoke but more of steam and liquid water coming out of the exhaust.

 

I think that the secondary filter collected most of it, but the truck only has 68k miles and I don't want to destroy to motor. Also, it was ocotillo wells and everything that got under the hood was very fine particles, no sand.

 

@knottyrope what do you think?

 

i always read to change oil (more frequently) if you drive in severe conditions.

one type of severe is; driving in dusty conditions. if it were me, i would bare minimum..change the oil.

 

I would just drive it, cant do much else unless its been damaged

 

@knottyrope Do you think I would really know if it was damaged? I'm sure if I sucked a handful of course sand directly into the engine I would cause some serious damage

 

If anything got in it would be micro amounts of very fine dust that probably just evaporates

 

dust will eat piston rings and score cylinder walls

the secondary filter might have saved you

 

I second this. Strongly recommend you change the oil.

 

@aficianado you strongly recommend what, oil change? im doing a full synthetic change Tomorrow

 

yea. dump that oil and put in fresh.