Air filter question

[adrenaline]

Hey guys i was just about to order an air doc intake, and was wondering what kind of air filter you guys would recommend? preferably non oiled.

 

[Bigunit]

AFE Pro Dry filter.

 

[adrenaline]

thank you

 

[adrenaline]

also is it safe to drive through about a foot of water in a stock hummer h3

 

[Bigunit]

The H3's water fording depth is 24" @ 5 mph.
http://www.hummerguy.net/hummer-h2-h3-h3t-hx-model-info/2009-hummer-h3-model-info

 

[adrenaline]

thats awesome thank you very much

 

[cgalpha08]

I second the AFE pro dry filter

 

[Hayden]

DONT get a k&n like i did. Too much trouble and dirties the maf sensor up with the oil that you mentioned haha

 

[cbetts]

I ran K&N for several years and liked the performance but the oil does tend to cause issues later with goop on the MAF sensor. AFE dry is now my preferred.

 

[Best4x4]

I prefer the AEM Dry filter as well (run one in my Alpha), but I got a K&N for my 3.7L for free, and I've honestly never had an issue with any K&N's. You just have to clean and oil them properly and let it dry fully before sticking it back in (run an OEM filter until the K&N is ready to put back in). The AFE is much easier to deal with but both are much better than the OEM filter which I honestly think doesn't seal for crap allowing dust into your engine. At least the K&N and AFE both use a hose clamp to truly seal the filter inside the air box.

 

[adrenaline]

Thanks everyone. i actually had a 2004 chevy colorado with a 3.5l before my hummer. I put a k&n cai on it, and it definately added power, and was a nice product. It was just a pain in the ass to clean and oil, and clean the maf every so often.

 

[chaos254]

I have an AEM dry filter, works fine and is half the price of the AFE

 

[4speedfunk]

All Fram...all the time.

 

[Renagade132]

I never realized that the K&N could cause future problems like that.

 

[Best4x4]

If you over oil the K&N sure you "could" get the MAF Sensor covered in oil, but I've used them on my 4x4's since I was 18 and I never did any damage to a MAF or caused a CEL on any of my rigs. You just have to clean it properly and oil it properly, then allow it to dry before re-installing. Have I seen MAF's covered in oil and CEL's caused from over oiling a K&N? Sure I have and once I showed the owner how to properly clean/oil it they never had anymore issues.

On our stock H3 3.5/3.7L engines the OEM design air filter just sits into position and really doesn't seal 100% up to the intake inlet. My 07 H3 Adventure came from West Texas and I can assure you the MAF got exposed to more dust/dirt/sand damage vs any damage the MAF would see with an over oiled K&N Air Filter.

When I change my oil I check the air filter, then while I'm at it I go ahead and clean the MAF since it's extremely fast and simple to do anyways.

 

[SedonaBound]

Here's a MAF sensor cleaning demo for the interested.

[video=youtube_share;_TO7ZC5N-aA]http://youtu.be/_TO7ZC5N-aA[/video]