Which Air Filters are best for a C43 AMG

[Justin1600]

As above, i want to upgrade the Air Filters on my C43 and wanted to know peoples opinions on which was best ??

K & N

Green Cotton

Pipercross

 

[ucr]

Go for the standard Mercedes-Benz AMG one

 

[Justin1600]

Go for the standard Mercedes-Benz AMG one

They are the same price as K&N's mate i want abit more induction noise to go with my de-cat pipe

 

[Dieselman]

They are the same price as K&N's mate i want abit more induction noise to go with my de-cat pipe

You mean dirt, not induction noise.

 

[grober]

Just don't get any "oiled"ones or you run the risk of contaminating your MAFF

 

[Justin1600]

Just don't get any "oiled"ones or you run the risk of contaminating your MAFF

Ok, what about the green cotton one's then. Is that what Olly uses on his C43 ??

 

[m2287]

on benzworld.org alot of people seem to use the k&n ones on their 55amg's without any problems, pretty sure they are the same/similar engines? Im looking at ordering some next week for my cl55 amg.

 

[The _Don]

I used original mb ones.

 

[Justin1600]

I used original mb ones.

The trouble with the MB one's is that they last about a year and are the same price as K&N one's. Of which you can clean and re-use mate

 

[BenzedUP]

Use normal AMG ones, your maf will get effected if you use the K&N and freen filters etc etc,

maybe go with a dry filter from AFE. aFePower.com

I'll stick with the AMG ones.

 

[Justin1600]

PIPERCROSS Panel Filter PP1397 C43 AMG CLK 55 on eBay (end time 02-Apr-11 16:58:12 BST)


Anyone tried these ??

 

[Justin1600]

Use normal AMG ones, your maf will get effected if you use the K&N and freen filters etc etc,

maybe go with a dry filter from AFE. aFePower.com

I'll stick with the AMG ones.

I will have a look thanks

 

[wemorgan]

For what it's worth I use a K&N panel filter in my MX5. As far as I can tell it's made no difference to bhp or induction noise. But like you say, they can be cleaned and reused time and time again, so work out cheaper in the long run, especially if you want to service it every year.

 

[DRBC43AMG]

Green Filters on my 43 but very little oil, or choose OEM. I have a K&N on my C240T with abolutely NO problems (to date...)

 

[EDZ649]

How many more times are we going to have this debate? The only way your MAF will get mullered is if you over oil the K & N filters, which by the way does not need doing for 100,000 miles.

I have been running two in my SL600 for ages without a problem. Do you think I would risk killing 2 MAFs if there was actually a risk?

 

[Justin1600]

For what it's worth I use a K&N panel filter in my MX5. As far as I can tell it's made no difference to bhp or induction noise. But like you say, they can be cleaned and reused time and time again, so work out cheaper in the long run, especially if you want to service it every year.

Green Filters on my 43 but very little oil, or choose OEM. I have a K&N on my C240T with abolutely NO problems (to date...)

How many more times are we going to have this debate? The only way your MAF will get mullered is if you over oil the K & N filters, which by the way does not need doing for 100,000 miles.

I have been running two in my SL600 for ages without a problem. Do you think I would risk killing 2 MAFs if there was actually a risk?

Thanks, the K&N's only have minimal oil on them. And as you say when you eventually clean them just got to make sure that you don't over oil them
I have used K&N's on a number of different cars over the years and have never had any problems :bannana:

 

[m2287]

Oh yea I also had a k&n on a slk 230k and a BMW 330ci sport with no problems too

 

[Justin1600]

Oh yea I also had a k&n on a slk 230k and a BMW 330ci sport with no problems too

 

[andy27168]

Hi,
I have had a K&N filter on my C230K for over 100k miles no ill effects.
I fitted a pair of K&N's in my 55 engine in the 43, and i believe it has given it a more pronounced induction noise, though i never run the 55 with standard filters i can,t say for certain.
I was gonna get a pair of BMC filters for it but i could,nt get them quick enough.
ITG are another to consider.

 

[Justin1600]

Hi,
I have had a K&N filter on my C230K for over 100k miles no ill effects.
I fitted a pair of K&N's in my 55 engine in the 43, and i believe it has given it a more pronounced induction noise, though i never run the 55 with standard filters i can,t say for certain.
I was gonna get a pair of BMC filters for it but i could,nt get them quick enough.
ITG are another to consider.

Thanks for that Andy 45 quid for both ITG filters,proper cheap

ITG AIR FILTER MERCEDES C43 AMG 4.3 V8 - 2 per car (1998>2000) from ITG Profilte