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Originally Posted by n8dgr84
Good on you for being so analytical but FWIW I have 30k km on mine and don't have this issue. Maybe yours didn't seal very well. Or maybe our environmental conditions are different.
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I'm certain it's environment related, I didn't use the aFe long enough to do 'city' mileage only removal/clean, there was always some very dusty road km involved (worse when you're not the lead car). Fitment/seal was OK to, I'd actually bought 2 aFe's so I could simply put a clean one in and wash the other. After the 3rd or 4th change with the dust film returning I just went back to oem.
It might be I'm too ocd, even using the paper oem I still vacuum the filter after each trip away and clean out all the rocks/sand/dirt from the 'unfiltered' side & box, amazes me how much gets in there, plus I swap a new one in around 12-15K intervals. The dust film on the filtered side has gone though.