Originally Posted by killerkanadian
The stronger engine pull and engine suction could pull through a wet filter better. Kind of like why a bad fuel filter will stutter at idle but the car will drive alright, or the same with a real dirty air filter.
Guess that explains why my chevy truck would run up to 45 mph and fall on its face past that.. worked a whole lot better when I changed the filiter to allow more flow that was required at higher rpm and load. "Seems" the same principal would apply to an air filter.. Just saying..