Filterminder
09-23-2003, 12:06 PM
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Re:Filterminder
My filterminder read 35% at 100 miles, so being curious, I reset it. Since then it has not moved-even with a filter that looked like I had used it for a coffee filter. Just go on instinct now.
09-23-2003, 12:13 PM
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Re:Filterminder
I've got 21k kms (about 13k miles) on mine and like Kimber I reset mine a few times during the first few thousand as it read 1/3 used from the get-go. I've not had to reset it for a long time, so I opened up the air cleaner for a look-see and saw that the filter was doing it's job....it was black air side, but clean on the engine side.
I'll be changing mine this weekend, filter minder or not.
I'll be changing mine this weekend, filter minder or not.
09-23-2003, 01:16 PM
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Filterminder = Worthless
Mine showed that it was 65% used from the day I drove it off the lot. I haven't given it a second look since.
Mine showed that it was 65% used from the day I drove it off the lot. I haven't given it a second look since.
09-23-2003, 02:32 PM
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Re:Filterminder
Freidn of mine used a dirty dirty air fuilter and drove the truck for 250 miles always on the throttle WOT for a long time. NEVER EVER EVER moved.
09-23-2003, 05:25 PM
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Dodge updated the filter minder around the first of the year so some of the earlier trucks will show restriction while newer ones won't. FWIW, my first 2500 built last August showed restriction from the get go while my second 2500 built in February has not budged the minder. I also noticed the early gauges had numbers on them to show numerical restriction percentage while the revised one has no numbers just the colors green, yellow, and red.
09-23-2003, 05:36 PM
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I changed my filter out at 12k and the minder said I had 35% left. However, it was so dirty I don't know how any air got thru at all.
Minder on every Ram I have owned has been questionable. I pay little if any attention to it. Just pull the filter at 12K and change it.
Minder on every Ram I have owned has been questionable. I pay little if any attention to it. Just pull the filter at 12K and change it.
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09-27-2003, 07:28 AM
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[quote author=DennyRay link=board=20;threadid=20007;start=0#msg188168 date=1064335374]
I have almost 11,000 miles on my 03 HO and the filterminder has not moved at all. It still shows 100% clean. Do I have a problem?
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I've never seen a filter minder that worked. I must be one of the unlucky ones.
I have almost 11,000 miles on my 03 HO and the filterminder has not moved at all. It still shows 100% clean. Do I have a problem?
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I've never seen a filter minder that worked. I must be one of the unlucky ones.
09-27-2003, 08:00 AM
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My filter minder went to around 35% from day one. Then I installed a Scotty 3 and it immediately went to 100%. Reset it a few times and it still jumps to 100%. So now I just use it to plug the hole.
09-27-2003, 11:49 AM
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That factory filter minder is laughable at best. I used mine to throw at the dog when he's doing something wrong
BTW, the absolute best filter minder on the market is your pyrometer. When you start seeing your WOT egts coming up past where they normally sit, the first thing you wanna check is the air filter.
Rod
BTW, the absolute best filter minder on the market is your pyrometer. When you start seeing your WOT egts coming up past where they normally sit, the first thing you wanna check is the air filter.
Rod
09-28-2003, 11:51 AM
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Re:Filterminder
I have an early build truck, one with the numerical filter that actually moves. From day one, any time I hit 2,500 rpm the filter minder would pull down to 35%, get close to 3,000 rpm and it would drop to 65%. From the day I changed from a paper filter to an aFe drop in it hasn't moved. I suppose it was easier for DC to change the filter minder than recall or TSB its overly restrictive air filter setup.
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