I just rec'd a new K&N air filter for my 2011 Heritage. {HD-1499} I unpackaged it to install and it is dry. Is this the way it is supposed to be installed? Does it have to be preoiled? or is that only when you clean/service it? If anyone has installed a new K&N filter let me know, thanks.

 

Anybody?

 

if its red it is oiled.

 

i've never heard of having to oil those before installing them so you should be good to go.

 

If the filter is a light grey color it needs to be oiled. I had to oil mine out of the box. When oiled it is light red.

 

It is a pink{very light red} does not feel or smell oily, that's why I was concerned. I read the install instructions and no mention of having to oil. I wanted to install on saturday, but can't contact K&N til next week. From the sound of it, I should be ok to run it as is?

 

It's oiled. Run it.

 

They all come oiled, put it on and run it.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Sorry for the late reply; I'm at Black Hills Harley-Davidson in Rapid City for Sturgis and reception is not that good

Anyways, to answer your question (which it looks like it already has), yes the filter is oiled and it should not feel oily; it can, but with how we oil them at the factory, it should not have excess oil on the outside of the screen.

The filter media is white and the oil is what makes it red. So as long as the media is redish-pink in color; you are good to go. As a side note, that filter does not come un-oiled.