JK owners Cabin Air filter

[Augie]

This may not be news, thought I would share for those that don't know. After the Mendo run with the Baja 500 silt fields, I thought I may need to change my cabin air filter. I just assumed I had one, I thought all late model vehicles had one. So here is what I found out.

On the JK, if you have the Auto Climate Control, the JK comes with cabin air filters. Other than that, there are no filters installed but you can add them. Meaning the air box in the cabin is designed for a filter, they were just to cheap to put them in their slot. There is a youtube video that describes that process and I can share the part number if anyone is interested. I bought a set of Wix, there is two.

My K&N, that I cleaned and oiled the night before our run, was dirty but not out of control. Just cleaned it yesterday and put her back in today. Many folk disrespect the K&N filters stating that in dusty conditions too many particles pass through and harm the engine. I raced several different type of vehicles over 30 years and built many small engines and used K&N filters on most, none showed any signs of piston wear due to dust. I like them, I like 'em a lot.

[GCJEEPING]

Yeah a lot of peoples problems with them is they don't know how to maintain them. Not enough oil and dust get through. To much and oil gets sucked in. It's a fine line.

I stopped on the way home and used my OBA to blow-out the air cleaner filter and cabin one too. I run paper though.

[Augie]

OBA is on my list when I find that pot of gold.

[fast540]

[bobthetj03]

I'm a firm believer in the K&N filters. Been running one on my jeep for 6 years with zero problems.

[flyinion]

Yeah I read about the cabin air filter a while ago and finally dropped one in a few months back. It's a little bit of a pain to get them situated the first time. You also have to do it WITH the blower running so the little recirc (or whatever it is) door is up all the way. The blower is right below where you're putting the filters in, so watch your fingers lol.

[GCJEEPING]

[lowranger]

What's all this talk about cabin air filters ?? I thought Jeeps were suppose to be rough rugged outdoor vehicles with wind in your hair type riggs. Tops off in the summer and tops on in the winter just to keep the rain off of you.

[flyinion]

[bobthetj03]

It's a JK thing Craig! They don't want to muss up their pretty upholstery!