mike2150 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I recently replaced my stock filter with a K&N replacement. Upon opening the filter case I noticed not one but TWO filters. One that was wire meshed and practically stuck to the top of the air filter housing. The other was a white cheap paper filter. So I ripped out the wire mesh filter, and threw the paper filter and repalced the whole setup with just the K&N, which seemed to fit fine. Did I do anything wrong? Tell me the part I threw out wasn't critical to the air flow intake?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Power Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hey mike2150 How is your driving experience with removing the wire meshed filter? Any trouble? How did it feel? I just replaced the air filter with K & N. Didn't want to mess with the wire meshed filter. There must be a reason for it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RX400h Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Without looking at the setup, my guess would be that the wire mesh acts as a "gross particle" filter which prevents large objects from damaging the "fine" particle filter. This is important to have if there is a direct path for outside air to flow towards the filter element. Objects like stones could easily damage a filter without a wire mesh to act as a first line of defense. I would suggest t hat you buy another and install it, ASAP. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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