Upgrading the Air Filter in a F250 SuperDuty 7.3 Powerstroke Diesel - Does it make any difference?
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- It's time to change out the air filter in the F250, 7.3 PowerStroke Diesel. While we're at it, may as well do the filter upgrade mod and see if it makes any difference. The new filter certainly appears to have more surface area, so maybe it'll help. Join us and find out!
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Thanks for explaining the filter minder. Nice to know how things work.
Glad to help
Thanks for the details!
Glad to help!!
Great video thank you, I'm going to install mine today - later 99 f250
Have fun!
nice choice, I've been debating what to get and for the price those are hard to beat, I will be ordering myself one of those. I have a k&n one an have heard a few stories of them dusting trucks so been looking to switch. Gotta love the sound of the intake tho after you change the filter out from the stock one tho sure can hear the difference. And egts go down as your getting more cooler air flow is what I figure as I noticed same when I did mine. Love the vid as always!
Thanks Wyatt, makes sense on the EGTs, I just didn't expect it to make such a difference. As far as the K&N goes, i think it all boils down to making sure they are oiled regularly. They rely on the sticky oil to help catch particulate. Knowing me, I would definitely forget to oil it and end up with a dusted engine, so I'm happy to stick with the good old tried and true Napa/WIX stuff.
I swapped to a K&N filter in my Peterbilt 386 with a DD60 12.7 (tuned by The Diesel Dr in Chicago).
I gained .6mpg and pulled a mountain grade noticably better.
My shop foreman was was sceptical until I showed him my fuel avg. He was so impressed he popped for every 386 we had (10, I think?). Last I heard, he had my bought them for the 389'sor 379's with dual external breathers, but was looking into it
I guess that stands to reason. If it's getting more air, efficiency would go up too.
S&B filters for the win.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. I did it to mine.
Cool, did it make any difference for you?
@@ProjectTimeGarage I need to check again but it seems to have added another 1 to 2 miles per gallon and made the turbo a little louder.
Every improvement is still an improvement
Man I was waiting for the white cowboy hat to appear in this video. I think we may ha watched someone in person attempt this same modification. I must say your approach was must cleaner and effective. Sorry I just couldn't resist committing on this one.
Visions of sawzalls and gorilla tape danced through my head as I was doing the
Work.
Thanks! Got a wet filter on mine and looking to go to a dry one like that. Reason: found out that wet filter dicided to let small small amount of dirt particles in, then found blowby coming from pcv valve and dirt patricles partying all around the inside of intake tubes.
Thankyou for providing us with a part number for the filter.
Moral of story: Don't have a wet filter on your 7.3.
Good info, thanks!!
Hello.
would you recommend the AFE Big Boost BHAF washable filter from riff raff? thank you.
Dunno about that exact filter, but I've had very good results from Riff Raff.
Appreciate the review. What side steps you got? I need those.
I have a video on them - They are from N-Fab
Alright boys iv had my excursion for almost a year and a year of debating. Im doing this for sure. Wont improve my mpg but meh i just want the ol 7.3 to have good breathing
As someone who breathes all day, every day, I can 100% tell you that better breathing is a good thing.
@3:19 see the white airflow censor near the top right screw. what did you do with that in this scenario ?
Oh, you mean the Air Intake Sensor. Yeah, that stays, just keep it plugged in and locate it near the new air filter. Basically, it just wants to know the temperature of the air that's coming into the system.
@@ProjectTimeGarage oh ok. thanks for your time
I have an airbox and filter from a c18 cat industrial machine that I’m trying to make fit in my 7.3. Will have to relocate drivers battery.
Most likely you will.
Hey there I got a question for you 1998 E450 7.3 L the air filter was saturated with oil
I'd check the PCV first. Other than that it could be blow-by.
So you have to cut metal piping for it to fit? I’m considering doing this and idk how hard it’s been be to find piping
It just needs to be a piece of 4" OD (Outer Diamater) pipe a few inches long. Something like this would work too: amzn.to/3zv98ag
I upgraded mine to an 02 OEM air box. Way bigger filter.
Cool
So how long do you change it out at 12,000 miles 20,000 mi 30,000 MI I also heard it should come with the cover I guess to make sure it doesn't get wet
About every 4 oil changes or so. Ends up roughly 20K miles in my environment. I think you can buy the "kits" that come with the cover, clamp, etc. In my case I just bought the industrial filter directly from my local NAPA. I've not experienced any moisture at all near the filter area, so I'm not concerned about it getting wet.
@@ProjectTimeGarage thank you . I wanna add one to my 6.7 Cummins. I was gonna go with a washable filter but I noticed that even if u clean them it will still show some dirt debris clogging up the hoses within time and plus you got to ask some spray oil for those filters to work right which is something I do not want.
Very nice, Pretty easy to screw up a good thing eh. Now you have a hot air intake instead of the factory cold air intake hahaha.
Not sure how many good things actually got screwed up. No power gains, can't tell of any power losses, but my EGTs are WAY better. I'm still claiming a win.
There's plenty of fresh ambient air getting in there. I also fell for the "cold air intake performance mod" Those washable filters get dirty very quickly and then don't perform any better than stock.
What year is the truck?
2000
did you say this mod lowered your EGTs?
Yes, and I still really can't explain why.
@@ProjectTimeGarage kind of easy less restrictions of air = less hot egts
Yeah I had one of those air filters but they get wet and then let your engine suck water up, definitely not a smart decision
Hmmm, hasn't happened yet.
@@ProjectTimeGarage yeah all that you need to do is drive in some rain and then feel your filter and tell me if it the filter is still dry.
why didnt you mention the censor, Thats kinda my concern now what happens with the censor?
You mean the filter minder? It's gone. The filter minder just tells you when you need to change the filter. I change mine WAAAAAAAY before that thing tells me to.
@@ProjectTimeGarage no the air flow censor that plugs into the box the little white censor not the spring one
@@ProjectTimeGarage the MAF censor you show the box where it plug in but never touch on subject