Hi,
I have a short ram air intake installed on my civic, but I don't know which brand it is. I got the intake from my bro who took it off a civic he recently bought. I don't really know how many miles the filter has been through. I put it on my car last november and probably put around 3-5k miles on it. I wanted to clean the air filter, but how should I clean the filter? Are there products I can buy, or are there household products that I can use to clean the filter.

 

What kind of filter is it?? If it looks like a K&N, use the cleaner and oil that you can get at your local auto parts. If its stainless steel, soap and water will help clean it up.

 

you cant clean a filter you just have to buy a new one, they never work the same after you try to clean them

 

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Wrong. Some you can't clean some you can. K&N makes some filters you can clean

 

expletive that, blast it with an air gun and throw it back on

 

swish it around in soap and water, let it dry, put it back on you'll be fine

 

what's an air filter?

 

it filters the air.

 

The filter itself looks like a K&N type (cone shape), I don't know what the material is (some kind of fibrous material), but the filter is not stainless steel. I will check out the stuff at the local shops, but can I use soap and water for the filter, I described above?

 

thats what i did on my aem filter it works fine as new, just dont soak it where the filter material gets all loose cause then it most likely will fall apart

 

If it's a k&n you can buy the cleaning kit for about $10 - comes with soap and oil. If you wash it, it needs the oil on it afterwards to filter properly. Wash from the inside out.