Non-OEM air filters

Peter Laborne · July 28, 2003, 11:07

s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted: Jenny Shipley s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted: has just been on the phone to me. They wanted to know if I would authorise a strip-down of the engine "because it has a non-standard air filter" from which "it will be determined the level of warranty contribution".

I said that before I bought the air filter I asked my local dealer if it would affect my warranty. They told me that it would have no effect on my warranty....simple.

However, Jenny said that I should have been told that it should have no effect on my warranty, providing any damage to the engine has not been contributed to by the air filter.

Anonymous · July 28, 2003, 11:10

I can see them wriggling from here. Jeeze. Hope you sort 'em out.

Comer · July 28, 2003, 11:20

Thanks for the tip. If my engine goes belly up then the stock airbox will be back on before you can say Apexi!

I guess they may have some way of knowing that a greater airflow has been going into the engine but I'll play dumb.

Slacey · July 28, 2003, 12:50

My stance on all my mods is that if anything goes wrong, the stock bit will be replaced before it goes to the dealer, this is why I keep ALL the bits I remove, just in case!
(This is of course assuming that the thing doesn't explode into a million pieces and has to go straight to a dealer though s:? :? s:? )

Tem · July 28, 2003, 13:08

Quote from: "Comer"I guess they may have some way of knowing that a greater airflow has been going into the engine

Don't think so...my guess is they are trying to find small dust/dirt particles that would be too big to enter through the stock filter...

Anonymous · July 28, 2003, 13:32

Peter

I have had one or two run-ins with that "women" s:evil: :evil: s:evil: Jenny Shipley s:evil: :evil: s:evil: In my opinion she does Toyota's reputation no good at all s:!: :!: s:!:

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Liz · July 28, 2003, 16:24

Toyota fitted my A'PEXi, they made me sign a bit of paper to say that it may invalidate my warranty, however, like Sean I have a section in my garage for the removed and replaced bits from my car just in case!

markiii · July 28, 2003, 16:40

While I hope Peter gets this sorted out, it may be worth mentioning that the Apexi has the best filtratiopn results of any filter on the market. While the blitz (which Peter has) I beleive came last in a group test.

I must confess that the design of it has always made me suspect about how engine friendly it is.

Mark.

Comer · July 28, 2003, 16:42

Did anyone notice at JAE how nearly all the cars I saw on other stands had the HKS filter. It looks like a big sponge!

markiii · July 28, 2003, 16:52

HKS is the second worst,

Tem · July 29, 2003, 07:23

Btw, here's a link to the test:
m http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filter ... index.html m