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Old 08-14-2007, 12:12 PM
talmy talmy is offline
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Default Re: Better Mileage with a TRD air filter

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Originally Posted by schmidtj View Post
My 57 Chevy had an oiled air filter. It got pretty poor gas mileage. It also had no oil filter as original equipment. I added one that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter element. Worked great.
The oil filter restricts the flow of oil, loading the pump, which will reduce performance and gas mileage.
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