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The fram air hog is suppose to do the job of 20 traditional air
filters over its lifetime. The filter is made of high quality cotton
fiber and metal screen construction. However, I did not see any
noticeable performance difference in my Nissan Pathfinder from using
this over traditional filters, but knowing I can reuse it sure helps
puts some money back into the wallet. Keep in mind cleaning this air
filter is not as simple as wash and dry. You are required to use a Fram
Air Filter cleaning kit, which is additional cost. Fram's website has a
$20 rebate towards a air hog filter that expires 12/2008.
According to fram's website, you must:
Directions for Use:
A. Cleaning -
When cleaning your FRAM® AirHog(tm) filter, NEVER use gasoline,
cleaning solvents, steam, caustic solutions or strong detergents. Do
NOT use brush or tools to facilitate cleaning. NEVER spray filter with
compressed air or high-pressure water. Always use slow flowing, cool
water to rinse filter. Failure to follow these safeguards may result in
damage to the filter media.
1) Carefully remove the filter from the filter housing. Inspect and clean filter housing prior to re-installing the filter.
2) Tap the filter against a flat surface to remove any loose or
caked-on dirt. Take care not to contaminate the clean side of the
filter element.
3) Place filter on a flat work surface and spray both sides of the
filter liberally with FRAM(tm) AirHog(tm) Air Filter Cleaner. Allow the
solution to soak into the filter media for at least 10 minutes.
4) Rinse the filter using cool. low-pressure tap water. Rinse from the clean side.
B. Drying -
Allow filter to completely dry naturally. NEVER use compressed air,
heat or open flames. Heat may cause the filter media to shrink. Failure
to follow these safeguards may result in damage to the filter media. It
is very important that the filter media is dry prior to re-oiling.
C. Oiling -
When oiling use only FRAM® AirHog(tm) Air Filter Oil. NEVER use
filter without oil. The oil is needed to remove contaminants. Do NOT
over oil filter. Failure to follow these safeguards may result in
damage to the vehicle.
1) Before applying FRAM® AirHog(tm) Air Filter Oil, inspect the
filter to ensure that it is clean and dry. If necessary, a second
cleaning may be required.
2) Sparingly apply filter oil to each pleat. Spray each pleat only
once. You will be able to see where the oil has been applied because
the filter media color will change to FRAM(tm) orange. Only a light
covering of oil should be applied, do NOT saturate the media.
3) Allow the oil to soak into the filter for 20 minutes. If after
20 minutes any white spots remain, lightly re-apply oil in white areas
only.
4) Re-install the filter into the clean filter housing/airbox. Ensure that the sealing surfaces are properly seated
In conclusion, this is a high quality product at a reasonable price
that I am recommending. It is especially cheap with the current
promotion running.
Good, but has a shortcoming
Item is as described and fits well, but there is a shortcoming. The
gaps in the weave of the material are visible, so it will allow more
dirt into the engine initially untill they are plugged. Supposedly the
tacky oil in the media attracts the dirt and prevents some of debris
from entering, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Good bang for the buck
I used to use K&N on all my cars. Really hard to beat a
performance filter. They are reusable, breathe better, and typically
cost less in then paper filters in the long run. I started using
Airhogs a while ago and have used them in three vehicles now. Very
close to the same performance as K&N, and Amazon often has
incredible deals on them. I barely paid more than the cost of a store
brand paper filter for the last two I bought, and they work great.
