I have an 06 coupe and I think its time to clean out the stock air filter. What is needed to do this correctly?

 

1) take out filter
2) throw in trash can
3) put new one in.

Note: I'd buy 3) before doing 2)

 

...and if buying another one isn't an option right now and it only needs to be cleaned?......

 

why is buying another one not an option right now?

you can't really clean the stock filter...

 

some people just may not have the immediate time or stores/dealers as close to us...


Hero is right about not cleaning the stock filter but smack against soemthing and use a shop vac to get some more debirs out.... thats the best you can do without getting a new filter... they run about $11 at NIssan

 

You'd spend more time trying to clean it than stopping by a autoparts store to pick up a new one

 

Fram and Amsoil now have filters that CAN be cleaned. Not sure I'd go with Fram though. No oil needed for either.

 

what? well then he can wait. it's not like he HAS to change the air filter right away or anything. sure, he'll be cruising with crummy airflow, but it'll still work.

 

ive never seen one that fram made that could be cleaned besides the fram air hog which is a k&n clone and does require oil. i picked one up from rockauto for like 28 shipped with a $20 MIR a few months back.

 

They've been advertising it for a month now on TV.
It's the SynWash filter.

http://www.fram.com/products/airFilters.php#airFilters0

Uses a fiber technology.. same idea as the Amsoil fiber AEM (cone only) fiber filter.

You wash both the Fram and the AEM. With the Amsoil you use low pressure shop air.
None of the 3 need oil.

 

thanks for the heads up, ive never seen it advertised over on the east coast. looks promising for those with sensitive mafs.

 

im thinking about picking one of the amsoil filters along with the z-tube i just bought, so...1)is amsoil drastically better than stock?(heard its better than K&N) 2) is an air filter that requires oil better or worse than one that does not?or in better terms what are the advantages and disadvantages of both?

 

I think the K&N is the worst at filtering dirt. Probably good enough for a street machine (unless you live where it's unusually dusty, etc.)
There are a couple of actual filter tests online..I don't have the links handy.
I think one is a bobistheoilguy.com. but his 'Amsoil' filter is the old foam/oil one they used to sell. So these tests will not tell you much about the latest 'fiber' filters.
don't know how good these tests are, but I never seen any tests that disprove it.
K&N should also have the least restriction. Uses oil, which is bad on 2 counts. Small risk oil vapor will hit air sensor and not everyone maintains or cleans them properly or uses too much oil.

The other 'fiber' filters supposedly have less restriction than paper, and don't choke up with dirt as fast, can be easily cleaned, and don't need oil.
Also like the K&N last a long time. Although I think the Amsoil is meant to be replaced in 50K miles.
AEM makes a permanent filter too, but only cone filters.
Difference in hp between these and a K&N, probably well inside the error margin of any dyno run, if any difference at all.