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Old 06-15-2011, 10:00 AM
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Dirty Air Filter

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My air filter keeps getting dirty with a black grit yuckie gunk after 5000 miles. I have cleaned all the intake housing and have no oil leaks. I live in the San Diego CA area and only drive on local freeways 70% of the time. Any ideas of why this might be happening? This started around 50k oil change. I changed it at 45k and at 50k it was dirty so I changed it again and now it looks like every 5k I need to change my filter.
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:52 PM
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Road construction, smog, ect?

Hard to say. Im assuming you have the OEM airbox still in play? Might not be getting sealed right or could be wrong filter.
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Old 06-15-2011, 02:47 PM
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ya, probly bits of road tar and junk, I get it on the edges of my wheel well sometimes from fresh road construction.
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Old 06-15-2011, 07:53 PM
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It might be road tar or some of that mexican fuel people around here are using. I need to change my MOUNTING RUBBER-RADIATOR,UPPER or that's what nissan call it so I will clean the crap out of that area and check for any leaks. The air box looks sealed with no cracks.

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