K&N filter lost it's color after cleaning. Normal?

[domas]

Hi there,

today i washed my drop-in K&N with special air filter cleaner. After rinsing with water all that beautiful purple color just rand down the sink. Now the filter is more grayinsh than K&N red-purple.

Is this normal or i just lost half of the filtering power? 

[werase643]

yes and ......yes kinda

ya now need to go buy K&N filter ....OIL to re-oil the filter

spray it with the filter oil and it will turn pinkish-purple again

[galahs]

The pink/red colour is a dye added to the oil, so you can see the entire filter medium is covered.

It washes out so you can see the filter no longer contains oil.

[domas]

Heh you know what i couldn't find K&N filter oil in my area. I found one for "Green filters" which are obviously green.  They are french manufactured. So guess what color is my K&N filter now 

Yep you guessed it. Green 

[TadMC]

 

Your filter is rotten now

[galahs]

But everybody knows red filters go faster!

[annguyen1981]

Be careful...  Your filter might not be reliable anymore.  You really should use the oil that's designed for it

[yamahonkawazuki]

Your filter is rotten now

your filter will surrender at the drop of a hat BEWARE ! ! ! !