I'm thinking of switching to K&N oil filters on all my cars....Thoughts....Please
Thoughts on K & N filters
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No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!
Don't do it. K&N cheapened up a few years ago. Not a great product. Adequate, acceptable, but not great.
Originally Posted By: ExMachina
Originally Posted By: 2civics
So the best of my choices would be the Wix filter if I can get it reasonably? It runs about 12.50. So a couple dollars more than the M1 XP and a 1.50 more than the Royal Purple.
In order of how good they are (performance)
1. Fram Ultra
2. Royal Purp tied with Amsoil EA
3. Fram ToughGaurd tied with M1 Ext Performance tied with Bosch Premium
4. Wix tied with Napa Gold
5. Any other paper filters.
Don't do it. K&N cheapened up a few years ago. Not a great product. Adequate, acceptable, but not great.
Originally Posted By: ExMachina
Originally Posted By: 2civics
So the best of my choices would be the Wix filter if I can get it reasonably? It runs about 12.50. So a couple dollars more than the M1 XP and a 1.50 more than the Royal Purple.
In order of how good they are (performance)
1. Fram Ultra
2. Royal Purp tied with Amsoil EA
3. Fram ToughGaurd tied with M1 Ext Performance tied with Bosch Premium
4. Wix tied with Napa Gold
5. Any other paper filters.
How much do you vaue/need/rely upon your car?
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A little pricey but a good filter. I love the wrench-off feature. Many here are upset that they moved production outside the U.S. I prefer NapaGold (Wix)and Fram. But if K&N is brand you hold dear, go for it.
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works.
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works
Hope he doesn't get air in his oil filter!
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works
Hope he doesn't get air in his oil filter!
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Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works.
Engine Oil filter discussion
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works.
Engine Oil filter discussion
Oops. Worked all night, tired.
There are better for less money.
No. They are cheapo Mexican [censored] now.
K&N oil filters used to be just like M1. But, unfortunately, they decided to cheapen the product and outsource to Mexico and Korea but without passing on the savings.
A batter suggestion for something like the old US-made K&N's would be Carquest Blue or M1.
K&N oil filters used to be just like M1. But, unfortunately, they decided to cheapen the product and outsource to Mexico and Korea but without passing on the savings.
A batter suggestion for something like the old US-made K&N's would be Carquest Blue or M1.
I used one for my first change and found there was a trace of oil apparently leaking out of the juncture between the nut and the body of the filter...sound online that others have had far more substantial leakage from that area. The nut turned out to be mostly useless for me because my filter sits right on top of the engine and hand loosen/tighten works great for me. I also found that the K&N filter does not meet Subaru's spec for bypass pressure, but am honestly not too worried about that now that I understand the spec better.
I have one left in the garage, will use it at some point and keep on eye on that nut leakage carefully...prefer the Subaru OEM filters at this point.
I have one left in the garage, will use it at some point and keep on eye on that nut leakage carefully...prefer the Subaru OEM filters at this point.
Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
they decided to cheapen the product and outsource to Mexico and Korea but without passing on the savings.
Why would they?
they decided to cheapen the product and outsource to Mexico and Korea but without passing on the savings.
Why would they?
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Originally Posted By: ceast
I'm thinking of switching to K&N oil filters on all my cars....Thoughts....Please
They used to be a quality Champion Labs made filter, very similar in construction to the Mobil 1 filter.
They've since been offshored are now no longer of that quality. I would avoid them.
I'm thinking of switching to K&N oil filters on all my cars....Thoughts....Please
They used to be a quality Champion Labs made filter, very similar in construction to the Mobil 1 filter.
They've since been offshored are now no longer of that quality. I would avoid them.
Great product if this is for someone you don't like very much.
K&N are adequate oil filters. Nothing special, kind of the usual paper cellulose bottom of the line filtering media you'd find in any cheap oil filter where they are cutting costs of making it. I've read where many people think paper is OK to use, and if that's true, you can pick any oil filter on sale anywhere and be fine.
If you want more performance, like getting out smaller particles, then you can do much better than K&N.
If you want more performance, like getting out smaller particles, then you can do much better than K&N.
Originally Posted By: ExMachina
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works
Hope he doesn't get air in his oil filter!
Gotta love HP claims from them. Any increase is always up near redline as in "5HP @ 6000RPM".
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Instead of following the K&N approach to higher air flow as suggested in their advertising you can just keep the treated paper filter and press now a bit more on the gas pedal. If you've ever merged on to a freeway you already know it works
Hope he doesn't get air in his oil filter!
Gotta love HP claims from them. Any increase is always up near redline as in "5HP @ 6000RPM".
I forget who posted it, but they said MicroGuard at O'Reilly Autoparts is the best cheap oil filter. I tend to agree, since its a Wix-managed cheapo oil filter, not bad for the price.
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Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted By: AvoidTheNoid
I drive 1000 miles a week all stop and go, lots of idling, taxi and delivery. So I'm changing oil every month and it is an expense, I can find oil on sale but don't know which bargain brand is the best, I've been using STP and so far so good but if there's a better one for the same price, I'm willing to try it out.
Microguard filter and Supertech oil.
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Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted By: AvoidTheNoid
I drive 1000 miles a week all stop and go, lots of idling, taxi and delivery. So I'm changing oil every month and it is an expense, I can find oil on sale but don't know which bargain brand is the best, I've been using STP and so far so good but if there's a better one for the same price, I'm willing to try it out.
Microguard filter and Supertech oil.
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