Air filter woes (this time with the product, not finding it)

[CMF_Yom]

Okay so I decided to bite the bullet and replace my old airfliter as it was genuinely clogged with diesel soot & limestone dust.

The filter I was replacing looked black (originally red) and is a genuine Nissan filter.

I bought a "Wesfil WA944" (Ryco part nunber A1348) from Autobarn for $30. Same price as the genuine nissan article.

I eagerly slam it in at autobarn and take off to feel my new found airflow.

That's a negative. Poor car has lost complete throttle response and just doesnt want to rev properly past 5000rpm. I pulled over and made sure i didnt bump anything else and sure enough everything is nice and firm.

So I got home and i put the old 'soiled' filter back in. Oh my goodness! There's my acceleration back!

My conclusion: This aftermarket paper airfilter IS A PIECE OF RESTRICTIVE **** and my soiled nissan filter is better flowing than this one.

I don't know how I'm going to go about getting my money back. I can't believe I just threw away $30 like that. I should have just bought the Nissan filter. Gaaaargh.

 

[CMF_micra-man]

Do you know the folks at Autobarn well?

Go back and explain your issues, take one of them for a drive swap the filter and drive some more and see what they suggest.

Could it be your new filter is faulty?

 

[CMF_Sean]

Man $30 is $30! If you beleive its faulty take it back and demand your money back...

If its a Ryco product, and its not acting EXACTLY the same as an OEM air filter then its most probably faulty as Ryco are the recommended replacement for OEM products

Sean

 

[CMF_Yom]

Okay well I took it back and moaned that it didn't fit (I did an anonymous call to another store and they simply said that if the filter was used, they cannot do a refund... Fair enough) . They took it back and gave me my money back. Yay!

Then I zipped on down to my friendly Nissan dealer and popped a genuine Nissan filter into it.

Oh my goodness! Talk about giving me my power back. Louder induction note as well.

Funnily enough the genuine filter is sourced from Nissan JAPAN (although it is made in the Philippines)....

So there's a lesson for ya'll. Don't risk your cash with aftermarket parts. UNLESS you know what you're buying is better than the genuine parts, stick to genuine!

 

[CMF_frog boy]

how much did the genuine filter set u back?

 

[CMF_Yom]

$34

They range from $30 (out of stock.. lol), $34 and the most expensive was $37.50.

 

[CMF_makes]

Thanks for the tip Yom. I was just going buy an aftermarket filter but after your experience I will definately go for the nissan one.