Ducati Performance - Racing Air Filter - Is it oiled or not?

[metroplex]

I just pulled the DP Racing air filter from my 696 (factory installed, so I never did the initial install/inspection) and it looked bent at some of the pleats, but more importantly - the cotton was still white.

I thought it would look like a K&N filter, but the cotton appears to be dry. Is it supposed to be white? Or should it look like a pre-oiled K&N filter?

I've already rode the bike for several hundred miles and did not find any debris/grit in the pleats. I'm thinking either the filter was somehow not pre-oiled or is supposed to be dry.

[rockaduc]

Was there any residue when you ran a finger over the pleats?  They are supposed to arrive pre-oiled.  Go buy some K and N air filter oil and have at it.

[metroplex]

There wasn't any residue at all, I think it was bone dry. I bought a K&N kit earlier last year, so I used some of the oil.

I didn't appreciate the fact the dealership installed the race filter just before I took delivery, so they knowingly installed a bone dry K&N-style filter!

[stopintime]

Both my S2R DP filters were dry.

Maybe that's just how they do it.....

[metroplex]

It looks and feels like cotton gauze. I thought about it being dry by design, like one of those nano paper fiber filters - but it's cotton gauze with an aluminum/SS mesh like a K&N. I think they may have to ship it dry to abide by IATA/air regulations otherwise it might be considered hazmat??? I'm not sure, which is why I asked. I ended up oiling the filter though.

[jgrm1]

When I purchased my Termi system, I was instructed to oil the filter.  My question is about the service interval.  How often should it be cleaned and reoiled?

-Jeff

[metroplex]

Hmmmm, so I was essentially riding around with an ineffective air filter?

[rockaduc]

It's funny that we have different exp. w/ the same product.  My DP air filter came pre-oiled.

[ducpainter]

When I purchased my Termi system, I was instructed to oil the filter.  My question is about the service interval.  How often should it be cleaned and reoiled?

-Jeff

If you want to allow more dirt to pass through, clean and oil it regularly.

If you want the filter to be more effective leave it dirty.

I have a K&N in my old carbie monster and haven't cleaned it in 20K miles.