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Old 02-13-2008, 03:56 PM
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With a used air-filter, one can never be sure if they have removed all the dirt and dust from the foam. Also, when your cleaning your filter with water, soap and your fingers, your slowly breaking down the foam. It wont cause a catastrophic engine failure using a used filter, however it may decrease engine life slightly. Foams are cheap and I consider them to be part of the cost of maintaining my machine. Its $1.75 per Losi filter. I have 4 bags of Losi filters....call me anal. Having no LHS causes one to buy in excess. Most engine manufacturers recommend changing or washing the filter after every hour of use, and for me thats a day of racing, so at the end of the day I replace the foam. However, if its a particularly dusty or muddy track, I may replace it before the main. I also use an Outerwears pre filter just to be safe.

Integra, calling someone an "Ideot" over such a trivial matter is uncalled for.
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