Actually you have to change it more because the K&N has less capacity than a paper filter . . . even though it lets in quite a bit of crap into your engine.
You don't even know how soaked up my K&N was when I cleaned it 2-3 years ago......my MAF was fine (over 40-50k). Suprised cause MAF is a normal issue with these cars anyways.
ERRRRRRRR come again? Who designs a chip with a K&N in mind? Or are you just referring to the notion that they can sell you a $50 filter after they've taken $500 of your money for a chip.
I believe Neuspeed, APR, GIAC, Wett, and Upsolute come to mind. Have you not been reading these boards for the last few years?? And they recommend not only sell. K&N can be bought in many places. UPsolute,OTOH, sells that non oem fit Pipercross or whatever it's called. I wouldn't recommend that at all as it doesn't fit...
I believe Neuspeed, APR, GIAC, Wett, and Upsolute come to mind. Have you not been reading these boards for the last few years?? And they recommend not only sell. K&N can be bought in many places. UPsolute,OTOH, sells that non oem fit Pipercross or whatever it's called. I wouldn't recommend that at all as it doesn't fit...
You buy into marketing too much. If you knew what a pipercross was, you'd remember that it fit like crap and the seals tore easily. Must be nice thinking your airfilter gives +10hp
You buy into marketing too much. If you knew what a pipercross was, you'd remember that it fit like crap and the seals tore easily. Must be nice thinking your airfilter gives +10hp
I might be crazy, but where does it say to oil the filter in the instructions? I just bought a K&N and I'm wondering where all this oil talk comes from.
every year you are supposed to "recharge it" this includes cleaning the filter and oiling it.....the oil is to catch the particulates so they dont go in the engine
You buy into marketing too much. If you knew what a pipercross was, you'd remember that it fit like crap and the seals tore easily. Must be nice thinking your airfilter gives +10hp
All of this K&N filter talk made me clean mine today. Sure the filter is 50 or so bucks, and the recharge kit is 15 (Can), so factor that into the cost...
Removed the "snow screen" as it was mostly clogged with bugs and sand... There was cand in the bottom of my air box too; due to my Colorado intake.
The intake side was nice and clean, not even a spec of dust in there! So I figured it was fine to remove the screen.
But Dyno for filter recharging... zero difference from when dirty! But I do recall a but dyno improvement from stock dirty paper filter!
Had one now for 35000 miles, cleaned every 15-20000. No MAF issues (knock on wood). My trick for cleaning is I have the old paper element (not that dirty considering it only saw 5k). I pull the K&N and put in the paper filter. Clean and let the K&N dry for a week or so before putting back in.
That said, I don't think it actually gives me a benefit other than less fequent changes. Expensewise, its probably more expensive long term. However, as far as filtration goes, it does fine and I can prove it. I had a used oil analysis b/c of concerns about the filtration and the silicon (a measure of air filtration - from grit in the air) levels came back nice and low.
I had a 98 GTI-VR6 which had 158,000 miles on it 99.8% was with a K/N air filter. I had no issues. Only once did I have to clean the trottle body, which was not a big deal. Ather 8 years of ownership and changing oil every 3,000 miles and cleaning and recharging my K/N filter instead of buying a new paper one (every 3,000). I saved alot of money!
Thanks
Sheez73
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