Can you clean a TRD Taco air filter? (2010)
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Can you clean a TRD Taco air filter? (2010)
Ok Y-techsters, here goes:
Last July, I bought a 2010 Taco TRD with 22,000 on it from Beaver Toyota in Santa Fe. I hadn't done any maintenance on it 'til today, cos a was a-skeered to work on somethin' this new. (my other ride is a 1st gen '82)
So... I changed the oil. Then I looked at the air cleaner. Black as the inside of a West Virginia coal mine. The poor thing has 44,000 on it now. I am guessing that it has never been cleaned or changed in that entire time, even though I took it back to Beaver for the 30,000 maintenance checkup, and an oil change or two (besides jiffy lube when on road trips).
I note that the original element looks pretty burly, and would seem to be oiled. Can I clean it, and if so, what sort of solvent should I use, and what kind of oil should I oil it with? Coming from the land of 1st gen, I am new to These Things...
Last July, I bought a 2010 Taco TRD with 22,000 on it from Beaver Toyota in Santa Fe. I hadn't done any maintenance on it 'til today, cos a was a-skeered to work on somethin' this new. (my other ride is a 1st gen '82)
So... I changed the oil. Then I looked at the air cleaner. Black as the inside of a West Virginia coal mine. The poor thing has 44,000 on it now. I am guessing that it has never been cleaned or changed in that entire time, even though I took it back to Beaver for the 30,000 maintenance checkup, and an oil change or two (besides jiffy lube when on road trips).
I note that the original element looks pretty burly, and would seem to be oiled. Can I clean it, and if so, what sort of solvent should I use, and what kind of oil should I oil it with? Coming from the land of 1st gen, I am new to These Things...
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If its a paper fiber element, throw it and get a new one. If its an actual TRD air filter made of cotton (similar to a K&n) then you can get a cleaning kit from the dealer or trdparts4u.com
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Well, as far as I can tell it's the original, says TRD on it and would appear to be cotton meshed with metal screen. In the meantime, I've brushed it off with a soft toothbrush and blew it out with my compressor - hope that didn't hurt anything.
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250000_yota, I went to the website you posted, did a search for "air cleaner kit" and nothing came up. Have you a direst link for that product? - Thanks!
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X2 on the cleaning kit, probably needs to be re-oiled (don't over due on the oil though)
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is it a TRD intake too, or just the filter element in a stock box?
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It's a TRD intake, with the burly, conical filter. After dry scrubbing and compressed air, I did notice what looked to be tiny pin holes in the cotton element.
So - where can one get a good price for thees AFE feelter of wheech you speak?
So - where can one get a good price for thees AFE feelter of wheech you speak?
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http://afepower.com/shop/custom/filter.php
Find a match (or as close to a match as you can) and most parts stores can usually order them based off a part number
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