K & N filter change
I purchased a 2013 GMC 3500 with a duramax diesel engine.....I filled it up, took it on a road trip down the interstate 65 miles to the next town then turned around came back and refilled it. 17.3 mp...
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I think the K&N's filtering specs might vary a bit from application to application, but I didn't like what I had seen with my own eyes when I first looked close at one.
Like I mentioned before, the one I received as a "bonus" with other equipment looked like it had as much sorry filtering integrity as a fuzzy window screen. Because of experience with moto-X bikes, I know the key is how much dirt is presented to the engine air filter because some of it always seems to leak by at some point.
No doubt a man could go for years without substancial engine wear failure on clean roads using any loose weave filter. But I'll bet no US military vehicle uses the open type I got, at least not since Desert Storm. I would actually hesitate to buy a vehicle if I knew that a K&N was run on it, unless I got a really good price break.
This website summed up my opinion nicely:Debunking the K&N Myth – Why OEM is Better
Wes
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I think the K&N's filtering specs might vary a bit from application to application, but I didn't like what I had seen with my own eyes when I first looked close at one.
Like I mentioned before, the one I received as a "bonus" with other equipment looked like it had as much sorry filtering integrity as a fuzzy window screen. Because of experience with moto-X bikes, I know the key is how much dirt is presented to the engine air filter because some of it always seems to leak by at some point.
No doubt a man could go for years without substancial engine wear failure on clean roads using any loose weave filter. But I'll bet no US military vehicle uses the open type I got, at least not since Desert Storm. I would actually hesitate to buy a vehicle if I knew that a K&N was run on it, unless I got a really good price break.
This website summed up my opinion nicely:Debunking the K&N Myth – Why OEM is Better
Wes
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