Q: Air filter

asked by on September 13, 2017

I had put on a knn aftermarket short ram intake it has worked fine , but now recently I don't hear that low growl when I'm accelerating that aftermarket intakes usually do , u think it might be cause the filter is dirty? It just sounds like I have the stock intake in now

My car has 57000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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