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Old 07-14-2014, 10:16 PM   #4
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Re: Cold Air Intake?

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Originally Posted by Brian R. View Post
There is a lot of conflicting data on the effect of installing a Cold Air Intake. If you have extra money, go for it. Don't be surprised if you don't notice any difference in performance, other than making your engine noisier.

One warning: Don't get one with an oil-whetted filter element. There is a good chance the oil will end up contaminating your intake air flow meter. They are expensive.

Not worth the money in my opinion, but I never run my engines at full throttle either.
There is no issues with oiled filters as long. This is an overblown myth.

Oiled filters messing up a Mass Air Flow Sensor has occured in less than 0.1% of installations. The vast majority of those issues were caused by the owners either adding oil to the filter that comes preoiled from the factory, or after cleaning the filter and applying too much oil.

I (as well as MANY people I know) have run oiled filters for 15+ years and have never had an issue.
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