2005 engine warranty denied.UPDATE!

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Yeah when St. Helens blew my dad parked our car and drove the company beater ('71 Impala) to work for 2 weeks. The ol 350 had so much bearing & ring clearance it didn't hurt it at all :right:



We lived near Ellensburg along I-90 and saw everyone having a terrible time on the freeway that morning, before we became utterly enveloped in the ash cloud and couldn't see more than 20 feet out the window for the rest of the day. We got about 1/4" of ash, super fine talcum powder, and super abrasive. It was the strangest material I've ever seen, super difficult to wash off the driveway. . . it would cake up like cement. Our neighbor tried spraying it off his roof. It plastered on there so bad it took more than 5 years to weather off.



Vaughn

 

[OHale]

Great to hear from you Vaughn and your experience.



I still have a jar of the ash. Fine as talcum powder but you could sand the paint off a car with it.

 

[Crunch]

The only problem with this whole thing is that my filter minder has not budged in 40,000 miles. Is there any way to test these things?

I had the same experience. When I took my truck in to the dealer for the 40K maintenance check (the air filter still looked very clean, filter minder never moved) I asked about it, and the tech said it should be changed out every 15K-20K anyway. For the $20 or so it costs vs. the price you pay if it fails that sounded like good advice. I've got just at 57K on the truck now, so in 3000 miles I'll change it out again.



In regards to better flow and the merits of a BHAF vs. the OEM, why not add a "Y" adapter to the intake system and route another OEM to the opposite of the engine compartment? Not much room, but it looks like there is enough room to do it.

 

[GWBourne]

bringing an old post back to life... .



read up on your aftermarket filters... i KNOW for fact K&N sas on it "not recomended for desert/high dust areas"



i think paper filters are the way to go and will be doing a BHAF soon.

just my . 02

Grant