go on outside, pop the hood.

undo the 2 little clips on the filter, just pull em up, then pull the filter toward you and up. out comes the filter. now have fun. I just did it, there was like 7 leaves in there. that cant be good for performance. since were all trying to get like .5CI of more air in there, this is something we should all be sure to check.

I only have 3000 miles btw. but theres leaves in there.

 

Thanks,

I will have to check that out.

 

.....Good call ares, I not only had leaves, but 3 pieces of paper, one of them almost the size of an index card! Thanks!

 

This may be a terrible question, but can you describe to me exactly where the filter is?

Thanks

 

facing the open engine bay, its going to be on your right. the filter itself is the large black box thing with a yellow sticker on it I believe.

there will be 2 metal clips on top that pull up. to unlock it so you can pull it foward away from the lip, and then up and out.

the intake box is at the very bottom of this pic, you can even see the clips, they look silverish white in the picture, there round peices of metal.

 

ahh yeah, thanks man; I'm gonna check it out

 

Actually I looked in the opening out of curiousity and found a couple of leaves. I put my fingers in there to take them out. Theres got to be more crap in there.

 

When I changed over to the K & N filter I dug out 3 leaves as well. It's amazing what gets sucked up in there!

 

hell... when I popped mine after 2,000 miles I found 2 leaves, a McDonalds large cup lid and straw and get this..... a shoelace.

 

well.. checked it out.. and guess what was in there... a freagin bird!!! nah j/k.. only one small leaf in the box but i found some small dead bugs on the filter tho

 

You guys shouldn't be driving through the forest

 

When I switched to the K&N Filter, I had a ton of crap also. took the shop vac to it and cleaned it out. Most of the debris was to small to get out by hand.

 

i found some ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ares... good advice... I discovered the same thing the hard way.

Went to dyno my Z. After two disappointing base runs, we pulled the filter to simulate the improvement a higher flow filter would get me.

Upon removing the filter, we found several leaves, two candy bar wrappers, an astonishingly large piece of newspaper, and a small plastic bag!!!

Needless to say, my third run was better than my first two. I gained almost 10 hp and 10 ftlbs of torque just by removing the crap from my intake!

 

did you check yours? I only waited 3000 miles cause I didnt think anything would have gotten in there. I drive on clean roads all the time. or so I thought.

 

Just checked mine....2 small leaves (450 miles so far).

Thanks for the heads up!

 

Wow...9000 miles and I haven't checked it once. Can't wait to find the good stuff.

 

I found the neighbor's dog that ran away last month in there! I'm sure they will be grateful.

Steve

 

I had a TON of **** in there when i checked it out. A def, every 500 mile check, as it takes two seconds to do.

 

Three leaves and the lady next doors small dog.

removed all items from filter. Dog pissed.

Will have to check it every 1000 miles.

EZ