cleaning ebay CAIs

[red pony V6]

i've had my ebay CAI in for about a year now and i figured it was about time to clean it, or at least check it, and was wondering if you would clean it the same way you would a K&N filter with the spray and water and all that. does anyone know?

[slvr2000stang]

You can give it a try.
I just put my old K&N on mine.

[red pony V6]

does anyone else have any input on this?

[Dman]

yeah just clean like a K&N and you can use the K&N recharge kit also.

[ricklmesa]

Dam!!! a year!!! Your supposed to clean them every oil change I would say. Every 3,000 Miles!!!. Mines is right under 3000 miles old and I need to clean it.
Should notice some difference once you clean it, thats gunna be dirty. At least out here in AZ were all the dust is. lol K&N has a recharge kit for like $27

[Seph]

lol seriously? I should just buy a new one, this one is falling apart.

[justin00stang]

DO NOT SOAK YOUR WASHABLE FILTER WITH OIL when cleaning it

Most people do this, but all you need is just a touch of oil.

Depending on how dirty the filter gets I would probably just replace it every 15-30k miles.