It doesn't take a conspiracy theory to explain the lack of renewable air filters. Who's going to want to pay a mechanic the $90/hr or whatever to renew one?
Renewable air filters are fine if you don't mind doing the work yourself. I have better things to do than find yet another reason to get my hands oily (:
Me too.
K&N filters are only for racing applications of maximum airflow for engines that are regularly torn down and rebuilt after a race or two.
They let way too much dirt through to be used for a daily driver.
The oil that gets shed can ruin a MAP sensor in minutes.
They're not quite that bad and I think you mean MAF.
Carl
My current '05 Toyota Tacoma w/ V6 has (2) paper filters, a standard ~
4"x14" air box filter, and a smaller unit inside the already filtered section of the air pipe.The standard paper filter has a typical 15,000 mile(??) interval, while the internal filter has no set maintenance interval. Interesting...
Yeah, it is MAF. My bad.
You can run it without a filter. I don't care. It is your money.
I want a good quality clean paper filter in mine, thank you.
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