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Originally Posted by edevlin
Does anyone have any sense of how much dust from the front break pads ends up on the air filter elements? I am very impressed by how quickly my BMC air filter element gets covered with a fine black material. It seems like the same sort of material that I wipe off of the car body behind the front and rear wheels. I dont know what else in my normal driving patterns that could come up with blackish deposits on the filter element within a few hundred miles of driving. Any ideas?
Ed
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Hi,
I suspect that a fair amount gets sucked in. And, that's another reason why using a gauze type air filter warrants an adjusted (shortened) Oil Change interval. The air filter isn't trapping it all...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99