Hi all.

 

I have a pipercross panel in my airbox. It was in there when I got the car and (as far as I know) it's never been cleaned - so I figure it was more than time to get on with it!

 

I've read various things on the internet - some say it's a dry foam filter and you just rinse it through and then dry it, some say it needs oiling with special magic pipercross oil, some say don't oil it at all it'll screw your MAF, some say pipercross' official word is not to oil it, others mentioned they say you should.

 

Any experiences? I know the K&N ones need oiling but no idea on the Piper. I'm tempted to say stuff it and buy a green cotton one (used them before) but for now I'd just like to clean up the existing one....

 

Thanks!

Just get a Pipercross cleaning kit (about £12 or so). One bottle to rinse all the gunk off it and the other to *lightly* oil it. With no oil on the filter, it's not doing a great deal, but too much you'll get people telling you that your MAF will explode and the world will end. There's an infamous tale in the Scooby world about MAFs dying supposedly because of a certain brand of filter. Er, no, it's people not using things sensibly. I'll stop ranting now.

I vote for chuck it away and use paper

Reminds me I should clean mine, thanks for adding to my to do list.

I vote for chuck it away and use paper

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Aye.

I vote for chuck it away and use paper

 

great to see you not changed  buddy...........................

Topic here says that official pipercross word is clean and don't oil though... http://www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=220715

I tried emailing them a couple of months back but never got a reply [emoji15]

And thanks for suggesting paper. Read both sides of that particular argument a number of times. If I replace the piper with anything, it'll be a full CAI [emoji14]

Does the cleaning kit work like this: spray, rinse, dry, lightly spray with dirt retention, dry, refit?

I see sense thats why   Worse filtration and no benefits I can see.

Does the cleaning kit work like this: spray, rinse, dry, lightly spray with dirt retention, dry, refit?

Correct buddy. Apart from don't oil if you are referring to the piper cross. If K&N yes lightly oil. Spray cleaner and leave for 10 Min. Dry naturally not over heat. I did my K&N twice coz it was caked.

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Topic here says that official pipercross word is clean and don't oil though... http://www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=220715

I tried emailing them a couple of months back but never got a reply [emoji15]

And thanks for suggesting paper. Read both sides of that particular argument a number of times. If I replace the piper with anything, it'll be a full CAI [emoji14]

The paper argument will always be there. Each to their own. I do prefer a proper cai like ABD. Sound is awesome. I have ramair now coz have custom welly FMIC and no space for the cai down bumper anymore[emoji25]

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Correct buddy. Apart from don't oil if you are referring to the piper cross. If K&N yes lightly oil. Spray cleaner and leave for 10 Min. Dry naturally not over heat. I did my K&N twice coz it was caked.

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So you're definitely saying don't oil a piper? Just clean and rinse?

So you're definitely saying don't oil a piper? Just clean and rinse?

You can either leave it dry or buy special piper cross dry oil spray that is sprayed very lightly to bed into foam to at as a dirt trap.

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I think on ebay it gets sold as a twin pack with cleaner + dirt retainer.

I have run lots of K&N's over the years, and have had an official K&N cleaner / re-oiler kit in my garage that I bought years ago. As it is used so sparingly, it has lasted forever lol!

 

Anyway, when I bought my Octy 5 years ago, I bought a PiperX panel filter as part of the tuning mods I had done at JKM in Portsmouth, along with a Revo and a Forge 009.

 

Other posters are correct - K&N filters are cotton based, and require a light re-oiling after a clean.

 

However PiperX filters are foam, and the information that came with mine said don't oil them.

 

All I did a year or two back was remove it, put it in the kitchen sink, spray it with the K&N cleaner fluid, agitate it a bit and let it soak in, and then rinse it thoroughly under a warm tap - with the water flowing through it in the OPPOSITE direction of air flow - this is so you don't drive any left over dirt further INTO the filter, rather push it back out from whence it came.

 

I then took it outside, gave it a gentle squeeze by hand all over to eliminate most of the moisture - and then left it on the patio in the sun all afternoon to dry out. Then once it got dark, I put in in the airing cupboard overnight.

 

It was as dry as a bone the following morning, and looking like new again. I re-fitted it and I was away, no problems.

 

It's still going strong now, 70,000 miles later. Sorted.