K&N air filter
Anybody have any opinions on K&N air filters and the claims of increased power and gas mileage? Thanks
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Oooooo bring those K&N wonders down here to dust country and get an automatic cylinder bore job inside 10,000 miles. One camper who braaaaaged about just how good the filter was had nods all around the campfire - next best thing to sex...
So I challenged them. Next morning remove the filters then wipe their finger across the throttle body or choke plate. All three fingers came away lumped with cigar ash grade desert tan "valve grinding compound". In places that aren't dusty the filters may not do the same miserable job. But this is sorta like a resident of Nome Alaska bragging how well his gas refigerator works "Gawrsh it lasted 23-years and kept ice-cream hardder n a rock".
Dry foam filters stretched over pleated paper filters do keep the paper filters cleaner. Saves replacing the element every 2000 miles. Simply pry off the dry foam filter and whack it against your bumper to clean.
Proponents of oil soaked foam filters live in clean air - sort of like a gaggle of penguins discussing heat waves.
So I challenged them. Next morning remove the filters then wipe their finger across the throttle body or choke plate. All three fingers came away lumped with cigar ash grade desert tan "valve grinding compound". In places that aren't dusty the filters may not do the same miserable job. But this is sorta like a resident of Nome Alaska bragging how well his gas refigerator works "Gawrsh it lasted 23-years and kept ice-cream hardder n a rock".
Dry foam filters stretched over pleated paper filters do keep the paper filters cleaner. Saves replacing the element every 2000 miles. Simply pry off the dry foam filter and whack it against your bumper to clean.
Proponents of oil soaked foam filters live in clean air - sort of like a gaggle of penguins discussing heat waves.
