Originally Posted by
lllouj1
Question all you want. A new filter will do the exact same thing as long as you use the wrong clamps. You have to replace the clamps and use the crimp type clamps that was originally on the hoses. Until then, air will keep leaking past the clamps causing long starts. You can try tightening your clamps but they will eventually leak again until you replace them with a crimp style.
I replaced my filter in 2011 and used screw type clamps. Not a single slow start or any other problem since.