Should I go K&N?

[surfstar]

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Surfstar - which K&N knockoff are you using?

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I originally ran a " Ractive " brand, heat shielded cone filter. My UOA on that one was 6 Si over 4500 miles IIRC. I cleaned/oiled it once (40k miles?), then after reading some "over-oiling" posts on here, got worried, bought a clone of that filter off ebay (looks exactly the same w/o the brand name) and have been using that one.

And as far as over-oiling - I would take my filter off, clean it, let it dry for a bit, then completely spray/soak the thing with K&N oil, but let it sit overnight to soak/drain before reinstalling. NEVER had a problem with oil getting past the filter and in the intake or on the MAF.

edit: I forgot to mention, I've done the tissue wipe test downstream of the filter a couple times, comes out clean as can be. And my car is up to 213k miles and AVERAGES the EPA hwy MPG with mostly 75mph hwy miles.

 

[SteveD2]

Again, results are going to vary based on the application...I could see people thinking they over-oiled their filter on something like a CTD (Cummins Turbo Diesel) that is moving a LOT of air through the filter at WOT. The more force you have moving through the filter will pull oil out of the filter.

The more i think about this, the more it makes sense now. I literally had to reoil my CTD filter every 5-10k because it would "dry out" and have light-colored splotches on it where I assumed it was missing oil. Maybe the oil was getting "vaccumed" out of the filter?? I never had this issue on my gasser ram running a filter that was about half the size...

steved

 

[ewetho]

My UOA just returned 4PPM Silicon with my K&N Typhoon. Oh, well. Still would get a EaA Amsoil filter if they sold a 2.5" base opening.

 

[SSLoneStar]

I took the bait and went with Amsoils attempt at oiled sponge "High-Flow" back in late 01 After 3 attempts to replace at their expense I dumped the 3rd one without opening the box. K&N got wind of it and sent me a free one

I oiled it and let it set on newspaper for 2 full days,wiped it down before install and less then one mile on the test drive it fouled my MAF screen.After numerous consecutive malfunctions I ditched it for the OEM paper.Ist oil change I went straight to the trusted source "WIX".

SS/LS

 

[ewetho]

My UOA just showed 4 SI. Guess I am going to have to open it up and look next time. No problems to report.

SSLoneStar I thought they came pre-oiled why did you re-oil it? Might have been the problem. I had run both Amsoil and K&N in a previous car with a MAF and had 0 Problems over 40K.

 

[SSLoneStar]

The one they sent me was like a replacement for defect/warrenty. It wasnt even in a standard K&N retail box.
Regardless,K&N cant produce what it advertises and the public needs to be aware of that "FACT"

SS/LS

 

[ewetho]

I will get an EaA filter as soon as they make a 2.5" necked Pod filter for my CAI.
Just thought it was funny to get 4 Si when people in Honda which are easy on oil have more. ????