Air filter?

[punchy]

Hi all, im having trouble deciding what to do with the air filter...the service manual says to discard
the filter,does this mean the paper filter and the thin plastic frame its fastened to..or is there a way to
get just the paper filter out of its housing and replace that..its a square paper filter..

[barkymarky]

What kind of Honda do you have?
When I finally decided to remove the tank from my 95 Magna and change the filter I was surprised that my bike still ran because the filter was SO filthy. Getn a KN. They are good for 40, 000 miles. You will never need to change it agaijn. Good luck.

[Jerry G Turner]

when you buy the filter the plastic comes with it.

[Greg Cothern]

There are clips on each side from the top.  Then the plastic that is bonded to the filter is tossed with it..

[hootmon]

If you decide to go with a K&N, there is supposed to be a rubber o-ring that you need to remove from the box before you install the K&N. The K&N is good for a lifetime.. It just needs to be washed periodically and re-oiled. The K&N is a bit more, but worth it if you have to replace the filter more than once and you get a little bump in HP too..

[Charles S Otwell]

r,does this mean the paper filter and the thin plastic frame its fastened to

First time I pulled my filter, I thought what a waste, all that plastic to have to throw away . I almost started to try to replace just the paper (you would have to know what a cheapskate I am) but I didn't take it apart I just cleaned it .. I know,   I will have to eventually change it.

[lragan]

My reaction was just like yours, Charles.  I really couldn't believe the entire thing was to be discarded.  But I had the K&N, and it was clear what had to be done -- so I tossed it.

No worse than an oil filter, I suppose, with all the metal and rubber that goes with it.  It is just that we have been used to tossing the entire oil filter for what, maybe 40 years now??

[TLRam1]

I think I saw someone who found a filter element that would fit the large plastic holder, that's about all I can remember.

[Charles S Otwell]

The filters are all of  $17.00 , I really need to get back on my meds and fight this compulsive urge to fix everything myself . I'll have spent an hour to save a nickle. My name is Charles and I'm a cheapaholic  ..

[lragan]

The filters are all of  $17.00 , I really need to get back on my meds and fight this compulsive urge to fix everything myself . I'll have spent an hour to save a nickle. My name is Charles and I'm a cheapaholic  ..

+1

Learned it from my stepfather.  At the "hardware" store one day, he priced washers in a bag on a rack, and calculated they were 7 cents each.  Went home and drilled holes in nickels...

[Capt. Howard]

The filters are all of  $17.00 , I really need to get back on my meds and fight this compulsive urge to fix everything myself . I'll have spent an hour to save a nickle. My name is Charles and I'm a cheapaholic  ..

Tell me more about the $17.00 filter..What did it fit? If it worked for the air filter for 3rg gen Magna I need the part # and make...Nothing about being cheep bothers me...Born poor and will die poor....Money wise I'm speaking of.....Rich in Gods Blessing....Yes I Love it..

[Charles S Otwell]

Sorry Capt, my bad, the air filter for my Valk is 17.00 the air filter for the Magna is 39.00  .  Didn't mean to give you false hope  ..

[MarylandMagnav45]

What kind of Honda do you have?
When I finally decided to remove the tank from my 95 Magna and change the filter I was surprised that my bike still ran because the filter was SO filthy. Getn a KN. They are good for 40, 000 miles. You will never need to change it agaijn. Good luck.

Not true.  To be used properly, it needs to be cleaned/reoiled every 1000 miles.  I prefer the stock OEM filter. 

Unless you're changing everything, running a K&N filter on a stock bike isn't going to change jack.

[MarylandMagnav45]

r,does this mean the paper filter and the thin plastic frame its fastened to

First time I pulled my filter, I thought what a waste, all that plastic to have to throw away . I almost started to try to replace just the paper (you would have to know what a cheapskate I am) but I didn't take it apart I just cleaned it .. I know,   I will have to eventually change it.

Remind me never to purchase your motorcycle.  Changing the air filter is the single most important maintenance item you can do to have a "bulletproof" honda engine. 

Its funny how people skip out on the inexpensive maintenance items but they'll pour huge chunks of change into mods.

[Chad in Michigan]

where do you get your information about cleaning the k&n air filter every 1k miles? I have them in my bike and in two of my cars and NEVER check them that much, and one car has over 150k on it. you're not even supposed to check your paper filter elelments that much?!?  Have you even looked at the k&n filter after 1k miles, 2 k, 4k? yep, oil is still there, no need for re oiling. I tap it clean when I check them, but you most definately do not need to wash and re-oil every 1k miles. as a matter of fact, i just re piled the one in my old civic. it was slightly dirty and the red color was getting faded. know how many miles it had on the filter? oh about 30K!