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June 5th 14, 03:19 AM
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k&n air filters
I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 miles.
Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so good I guess. -- posted from http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/k-n-...rs-114589-.htm using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups 
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June 5th 14, 04:02 PM
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On 6/4/2014 9:19 PM, woody wrote:
> I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 > miles. > Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled > the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so > good I guess. > When I rebuilt our big shop air compressor, I added a K&N automotive filter because it was so much better than the original style and cheap too. Only took a few minutes of modification to mount well. -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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June 5th 14, 05:48 PM
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On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:19:02 PM UTC-6, woody wrote:
> I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 miles. > > Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled > > the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so good I guess. > > > > -- > > posted from > > http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/k-n-...rs-114589-.htm > > using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to > > rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups I used them with a CAI on a 2000 Silverado. After 15k miles, took it off to clean it and noticed dust in the intake tube. That truck was off road a lot and I ran sand dunes with it so it was extreme conditions but I'll never use another. No issues with paper.
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June 5th 14, 07:14 PM
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On 2014-06-05, money2noise > wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:19:02 PM UTC-6, woody wrote: >> I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 miles. >> >> Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled >> >> the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so good I guess. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> posted from >> >> http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/k-n-...rs-114589-.htm >> >> using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to >> >> rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups > > I used them with a CAI on a 2000 Silverado. After 15k miles, took it > off to clean it and noticed dust in the intake tube. That truck was > off road a lot and I ran sand dunes with it so it was extreme > conditions but I'll never use another. No issues with paper. Yep. I noticed the same in the folds of my street driven '97 Mustang's intake tube. Went back to paper. I don't think what is let through amounts to anything except over a very long period of time for a street driven car, but I keep my cars for very long periods of time.
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June 5th 14, 08:55 PM
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On Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:14:16 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote:
> On 2014-06-05, money2noise > wrote: > > > On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:19:02 PM UTC-6, woody wrote: > > >> I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 miles. > > >> > > >> Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled > > >> > > >> the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so good I guess. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> posted from > > >> > > >> http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/k-n-...rs-114589-.htm > > >> > > >> using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to > > >> > > >> rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups > > > > > > I used them with a CAI on a 2000 Silverado. After 15k miles, took it > > > off to clean it and noticed dust in the intake tube. That truck was > > > off road a lot and I ran sand dunes with it so it was extreme > > > conditions but I'll never use another. No issues with paper. > > > > Yep. I noticed the same in the folds of my street driven '97 Mustang's > > intake tube. Went back to paper. I don't think what is let through > > amounts to anything except over a very long period of time for a street > > driven car, but I keep my cars for very long periods of time. I too keep my cars forever (at least until not feasible to keep them anymore). GM actually had a warranty exclusion clause on the use of oiled filters. I guess if they are over oiled, they gum up the MAF and somehow burn up the transmission. I liked the noise that came out of it but saw no performance or MPG gain at all.
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June 5th 14, 11:09 PM
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 12:55:32 -0700 (PDT), me >
wrote: >On Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:14:16 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> On 2014-06-05, money2noise > wrote: >> >> > On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:19:02 PM UTC-6, woody wrote: >> >> >> I put a K&N air filter on my 1999 Ford Ranger V6 at 60,000 miles. >> >> >> >> >> >> Truck now has 207080 miles. I think I have cleaned and reoiled >> >> >> >> >> >> the filter three times. Truck still doing fine. So far, so good I guess. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> posted from >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/k-n-...rs-114589-.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to >> >> >> >> >> >> rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups >> >> > >> >> > I used them with a CAI on a 2000 Silverado. After 15k miles, took it >> >> > off to clean it and noticed dust in the intake tube. That truck was >> >> > off road a lot and I ran sand dunes with it so it was extreme >> >> > conditions but I'll never use another. No issues with paper. >> >> >> >> Yep. I noticed the same in the folds of my street driven '97 Mustang's >> >> intake tube. Went back to paper. I don't think what is let through >> >> amounts to anything except over a very long period of time for a street >> >> driven car, but I keep my cars for very long periods of time. > >I too keep my cars forever (at least until not feasible to keep them anymore). GM actually had a warranty exclusion clause on the use of oiled filters. I guess if they are over oiled, they gum up the MAF and somehow burn up the transmission. I liked the noise that came out of it but saw no performance or MPG gain at all. Testing has shown the K&N to be essentially worthless. At best you might gain 4 HP at WOT. Lots of people have experienced MAF malfunctions from the oil from them getting on the MAF wire. Tests show they do a lousy job of filtering the air compared to paper filters. Why switch from something that works well, a paper filter, to something that has proven to do a poorer job of the main thing you use a filter for, filtering.
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