Use the K&N cleaner kit. They are easy to find. How often depends on your type of driving..like dusty roads etc and how many miles you drive. The Volant looks easy to open. I'd just look. Then since you have it open go ahead and clean it. That filter will last forever.:yup:
Volant Users and/or all you "automotive techies" out there
So now that I have had the Volant CAI for a while, what am I supposed to do with it as far as maintenance/service is concerned and how often?...(And Robert, if you know, just give up the info without telling me I should have gone the TOnyA route)
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Yup, the filters are nearly identical cotton gauze. They're white to start with, but they use different color oils. My experience is when you clean them they don't go back to white, but the K&N goes pink from the residual oil. No big deal, except that the Volant filter will likely be light blue and turn purple with the red K&N oil. The color really doesn't matter since it's the oil itself that makes the dust stick to the cotton gauze. In a dusty environment, I agree that 10-15K mile cleaning interval is required. One shouldn't have to ever replace the filter, though.
I live in a relatively low-dust area. My filters all looked good even after 30K miles. I clean and re-oil them just for piece of mind. Incidentally, here's a pic of a Fram AirHog from my previous TonyA modified airbox after 30K miles. It's dirty, but has plenty of clean area left for flow. One can see that the additional holes in the waffle grid make a big difference in filter area.
PJ, the K&N intake uses an open top airbox, while the Volant is closed. The big deal is noise attenuation, and the Volant is quieter, and won't allow hot underhood air into the filter, negating any "cold air" effects.
I live in a relatively low-dust area. My filters all looked good even after 30K miles. I clean and re-oil them just for piece of mind. Incidentally, here's a pic of a Fram AirHog from my previous TonyA modified airbox after 30K miles. It's dirty, but has plenty of clean area left for flow. One can see that the additional holes in the waffle grid make a big difference in filter area.
PJ, the K&N intake uses an open top airbox, while the Volant is closed. The big deal is noise attenuation, and the Volant is quieter, and won't allow hot underhood air into the filter, negating any "cold air" effects.
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The AirHog has a red filter. I wonder if K&N makes them or if Fram just uses their oil?
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