Do K&N AIR FILTERS do more harm then good
Do K&N AIR FILTERS do more harm then good
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K&N Air Filter Review - Debunking the Myths (and why OEM is better)
K&N Air Filter Review - Debunking the Myths (and why OEM is better)
Re: Do K&N AIR FILTERS do more harm then good
Probably 20 years ago, I saw test results of engine oil analysis of engines that used OEM and K&N air filters. K&N air filtered engines were ALWAYS significantly higher in silicon (dirt) in the engine oil.
I have stayed away from K&N since.
James
I have stayed away from K&N since.
James
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And Dirt equals premature engine wear
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I have a strict no refund policy over propaganda .. ! LOL... I thought everyone new you sacrifice "some" filtration for freer flow. I guess Needswings should start offering paper filters with the intakes they sell. If you do oil field work and drive 10 miles of dirt road following trucks .. I'd be concerned.. or Texas dust storms.. I'd be worried. K&N wouldn't have stayed in business this long if enough fine dust got in to ruin engines.
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I didn't want the hassle of cleaning and re-oiling the filters, so I went with the next best thing....lifetime DRY filters.
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If I was driving my car in dusty conditions then I wouldn't use K&N. I've used my K&Ns for about 16000 miles, cleaned and oiled them once and when I did that they were not very dirty. How dirty can they get when the car sits in the garage most of the time.
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I have a strict no refund policy over propaganda .. ! LOL... I thought everyone new you sacrifice "some" filtration for freer flow. I guess Needswings should start offering paper filters with the intakes they sell. If you do oil field work and drive 10 miles of dirt road following trucks .. I'd be concerned.. or Texas dust storms.. I'd be worried. K&N wouldn't have stayed in business this long if enough fine dust got in to ruin engines.
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K&Ns are way better then stock filters unless your talking about a six figure car...with that said there way overpriced for the small amount of preformance you will get out of them...Me personally being in the automotive industry i would say millions of people wouldnt be buying them and businesses wouldnt be sponsored by them for years if they did nothing or where harmful for a car's engine...
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I didn't want the hassle of cleaning and re-oiling the filters, so I went with the next best thing....lifetime DRY filters.
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AEM dry filter for me.
I don't like to wash the car so there is no way I will be keeping up with the oil air filter on a regular bases
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Yes they do, also, you have to look at how the graphs are presented. The first one (efficiency) it starts at 96 percent, it looks as if AC delco is about 3 times better than K&N. If the graph displayed 0 to 100 it would look much closer, which it is. Makes me wonder who was responsible for this report!!!
It's not so much the data, as it is the presentation.
Kinda' like an Obamagraph.
I can easily believe that a paper filter is more effective for very small particles. But there is a minimum size where it doesn't matter.
And, if I opened up my filter and found more than 2 grams of crap, I'd be concerned. One and a half pounds?
I don't do Baja...
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