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Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: bhtooefr on February 12, 2006, 02:37:01 pm

(http://my.opera.com/bhtooefr/homes/albums/22244/AirFilterCRAP.jpg)

I just changed my air filter, and that... thing... is what I found.

I've been told that that thing is a GASSER air filter. It's about half the height of the new DIESEL filter I just put in, FWIW.

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: SMOKEYDUB on February 12, 2006, 02:55:23 pm

I was havingf nasty running problems last week i had no powe and black smoke everywere. I was noticing a power decrease a couple weeks before so finnally i got fetup and i check the airfilter and there was my problem.It got so clogged from dirt it sucked the air filter into the intake runners  :shock: so i took it out and i took it for a ride down the street and it was unbelieveable (for an N/A)


CHECK YOUR DAM FILTER NOW! (jokes)

Jeff

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: 52 horses on February 12, 2006, 04:23:34 pm

I found a K&N for my na 1.6 lt diesel and it works great... Just clean it and re-spray the treatment and go again... Of cource it wasn't easy to find or cheap...

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: bhtooefr on February 12, 2006, 04:43:25 pm

NOOOOOOO!

Various tests have shown that there's no performance advantage to a K&N.

However, it has been proven that a K&N allows a higher flow... of dirt...

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: Dr. Diesel on February 12, 2006, 06:24:23 pm

looks like you rolled over a sheep!

I've found no measurable power difference between paper and k&n. However, there was always a layer of grit on the inside of the turbo inlet pipe when using k&n. Paper, no.

k&n went straight into the garbage.

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: HP on February 12, 2006, 07:20:58 pm

So...
 K&N    - no
 PAPER - yes

  :?:  :!:

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: 52 horses on February 12, 2006, 11:25:23 pm

Quote from: "Dr. Diesel"

lI've found no measurable power difference between paper and k&n. However, there was always a layer of grit on the inside of the turbo inlet pipe when using k&n. Paper, no.

k&n went straight into the garbage.

So now you tell me.... How often did you clean the filter?? I was changing the  paper ones every 6 months and now with the K&N I'm going to be doing the clean every 3 months... The first cleaning will be March 1st I will let you know what I find.. My thinking was $70.00 once and be able to clean the filter where ever I was.. Instead of ordering the thick filters everytime for $12.00...

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: Master ACiD on February 13, 2006, 02:21:15 am

you probably shouldnt clean the k&n very often. they seem to get more efficent at trapping dirt as they collect dirt from age.

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: 52 horses on February 13, 2006, 03:52:32 am

Quote from: "Master ACiD"

you probably shouldnt clean the k&n very often. they seem to get more efficent at trapping dirt as they collect dirt from age.

Oh I was told that if my air filter is changed ever 6 months then to clean the k&n more often....

Thanks for the heads up as they get older....

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: commuter boy on February 13, 2006, 07:49:17 pm

My completely non-scientific test for K&N's unworthiness:

Coat intake tube with a bit of fine grease.  Run stock filter for month.  Swab finger down tube, notice how gritty it is.

Clean intake tube, re-coat with grease.  Run K&N for a month.  Swab finger down tube, prepare one's self to be shocked by how much more grit is getting through the filter.

Chuck K&N filter in garbage, replace stock paper air filter.

Title: Advice: Check and change your air filter!
Post by: BlackTieTD on February 14, 2006, 05:46:50 am

if only i could get my hands on a rabbit TD airbox!