Quick filter question (afe)

[Homeslice]

Hi all,

 

I bought an aFe CAI when my truck (‘16 5.3l) was new. aFe says to clean the filter every 25-30k. So I pulled out the filter tonight and it looks pretty dirty. But I couldn’t tell if it is a dry or oil filter. So I searched part number and online it shows a blue oil filter but this one is grey. Grey ones are dry. So I’m confused. How do I know if it’s oil or dry? Can I replace it with either one? aFe claims that a slightly dirty filter works best. Is mine ready to be cleaned?

 

thanks in advance,

 

HS

[Homeslice]

[catpartsman]

Based on your part number filter it is an oiled one from what I can tell.


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[kennerz]

That looks like it's ready to be cleaned to me.

[AllterrainX440]

On 7/18/2019 at 2:25 AM, Homeslice said:

The dry filter with other brands is paper. The cotton ones get oiled and that sure looks like a cotton filter that the blue oil faded off of over the last 30k

[Homeslice]

Thanks everyone for the input. I figured it out with aFe. Apparently it must have been blue when it went in but they change color over time.