6.7L Cummins Air Filter Revision...53034051AB is now 68517554AA

[06 Dodge]

Cross filters list having 79 Fleetguard air filters in stock $46. each last time I bought mine shipping was still free: https://crossfilters.com/products/af27684-fleetguard-air-panel-filter?variant=42450904056061

 

[Topzide]

@JR, You're right on those hose clamps! I've replace all mine when I saw how rusted they were. I cut the nubs off and used standard off the shelf stainless clamps. I now check them every oil change or when under that side of the truck. There isn't much meat where they go around the nubs!

 

[NIsaacs]

Cross filters list having 79 Fleetguard air filters in stock $46. each last time I bought mine shipping was still free: https://crossfilters.com/products/af27684-fleetguard-air-panel-filter?variant=42450904056061

$31 at Geno's.

https://www.genosgarage.com/product/af27684/air-filters

 

[Ramasaurus]

Do you wish to replace the air filter every single year? FRAM say to replace their air filters every year on their website.
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I plan to replace it TWICE that often…. and is one reason the so-called “premium/recommended” filters strike me as perhaps over-blown..?

 

[seafish]

I plan to replace it TWICE that often….

Actually air filters become more effective as they become loaded with different size particle right up to the point of reaching their rated dust loading capacity.

If you want ot protect your Cummins but NOT spend extra money on air filters, just buy the OEM upgraded thick air filter made by a reputable manufacturer (think Fleetguard) and sold by a reputable reseller (think Genos Garage or Cross Filters).

Weigh, and note the weight in grams and also the date, in your truck notes before you install it (digital scales at Harbor Freight are afforadable and fairly accurate) and then simply take it out and inspect and weigh it at every oil change, or sooner if you drive dusty roads. The numbers wont lie …unlike your eyes.
Replace it with a new one as you approach a 540 grams of dirt/dust.

Still dont believe me??
Just read the label printed on the Mopar/Fleetguard air filter below and note the "Dust Cap(acity)" at 540 grams…thats well OVER a pound of dust that bad boy can hold while still filtering effectively and efficiently!!!

I may be wrong, but somehow I doubt that a Fram air filter, even one spec'd for our trucks, can come oven close to that

 

[JR]

Case in point....

The scale is in ounces (it's my refrigerant scale) but the conversion worked out to right at 400 grams. Truck never knew the difference between the old filter and the new one.

 

[Grumpy8811]

The scale is in ounces (it's my refrigerant scale) but the conversion worked out to right at 400 grams. Truck never knew the difference between the old filter and the new one.[/QUOTE]

yeah, most of us just judge a book by it's cover but if you want to be all technical you would measure intake filter restriction with some type of manometer which would then prove an air filter has reached its limit or not.. these definitely can go a lot longer than most of us hold on to them.. but most of us aren't going to go to the trouble to measure or have the tools so we throw filters away while they still have plenty of life in them.. this also applies to fuel filters..

I'm pretty sure this filter below is still serviceable if I was to go to the lengths of measuring restriction, but I threw it away as a replacement Fram only costs 20 bucks.