I never let my airfilter dry before saturating it with the K&N oil (the directions didnt say and it was cold out so...logic was overiden). Well I drove the car a few times and now its runnig like crap, all the sudden like, liek its got poor gas in it or something. I run 93-94 octane so...I took out the filter, which, BTW, glistens with the ouil and I can see traces that dripped it, My hypothosis is that it eventually made it back to the engine with the water and asperated it.

I am getting some powerfoam (amsoil) soon. to cleane with any input or advice


Jared

 

If the filter was still wet, the oil won't run into the pores of the filter media well, negating the effect of the oil in the first place.

You will want to remove the filter, and check the intake for excessive oil in the intake system which can clog up your AFM and prevent it from moving correctly.

 

anyone else, thanks ICEMARk, dude, I see you all over the place here, thanks.

you think that amsoil foam is the best product to use for cleaning the whole intake system including spraying it into the upper intake manifold?

thank
jared

 

Yeah, I would use it even before I would use ATF in a motor.

But for the AFM on a S4 you could probably also use some spray in brake cleaner

 

is 75 front and 85 rear bad on a 5k old motor, s4 turbo

 

Very... anything under 90 is bad.

You did check with a warm motor and WOT??? right???

 

i use the blitz all alu. mesh filter and once in a great while rinse it with water from the inside and its fine (just let it dry first though) Also its ALOT more air flow Ill take a pic of it

 

EEEKKK, you should read this informal test:
http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/

 

were do you get amsoil at, maybe that will help clean my motor out since it has the poops anyways. (meaning the oil that comes out the tail pipe) Also do you think a HKS power flow air filter is beter than a K&N filter charger kit.

 

IMO (And mod hat off) I wouldn't put the HKS filter on a lawn mower.

 

Nevermind about the HKS I just read that link, but still were do you get amsoil.

 

warm motor, yes. What do you mean, what do I have to do to do it WOT, hold the throttle open from under the hood right, I have a trigger starter that I used from under the hood, so I could just hold the throttle open right?

jared

 

local guy, my brothers father in law, but. go to the website, www.amsoil.com and you can look up vendors as well.

 

OK thanks for the link.

 

no one knows eh?

 

well. I broke down entire intake from air box to upper intake manifold and scrubed down with brake cleaner and water and air dried, AFM the whole deal. them I stared the car, had to plug the afm in first ,and ran it at 2000 and the car smoked, as expected, then O drove it and it was clear again. the problem still persists though.


BUT.

I could pull the spark to any plug (only tried one at a time) and the car didnt run any different.

Maybe its the timing? can timing just go all the sudden when driving.

again...starts, idles at 750, little power through the rpms,, have compression and 3 humps on the gauge as well. cleaned intake, checked vacume pretty good I thought and I had spsrks going to all plugs. if it were a piston engine Id say it was timing or ...I dunno...


OH YEAH...and my boost guage, VDO, is bouncing in place, like I have a leak some where..

HELP

 

and gauges all read fine, checked exhaust components from underneath car, while running...looked fine, couldnt detect a leak. there is a little bit of gas on plugs when I pull them out.


thanks

jared

 

gas on plugs = flooded.

 

therer's hardly any and...it also means, fuel delivery as well.


right...anyone

thanks

 

Most lawn mowers have foam filters anyway, lol.

 

it is possible that the oil from the filter has found its way into the afm. and oil is an electrolite so it may be giving you ecu bad signals, which would explain the "flodding".

 

car isnt flooding

 

clean the AFM with carb cleaner...the oil gets on the sensor and gives off readings to the ECU...it is a common problem for people with the K&N...

 

REALLY...Ill try that

 

if you had the HKS filter Icemark, would you spend another 100-150 bucks for a new apexi power intake?

Tim