I have friends who race and use them on their race vehicles, but won't run them on their personal vehicles. I think that says something. I know when I install an engine I won't warranty any part of it if a K&N is used.
Amen to that :bow1:I have friends who race and use them on their race vehicles, but won't run them on their personal vehicles. I think that says something. I know when I install an engine I won't warranty any part of it if a K&N is used.
...I'm pretty sure those are exactly the things you're not supposed to do to an air filter......Pressure wash, blow dry with compressor...
When you say it was very clean on the INSIDE, much less on the OUTSIDE of the filter.... You do realize that air goes through the front rubber snorkel and is directed into the inside the air filter, where the filter is supposed to catch all the debris and bugs and stuff, and pass clean air into the airbox assembly, snorkels, throttle bodies etc. If I'm understanding you correctly, and yours is cleaner on the inside and dirty on the outside, thats because the filter may have let all that dirty stuff thats on the outside of your filter through! 4: are you sure the dirt was not inside the filter, and cleaner on the outside of the filter?Ok. Just changed the filters. When I opened the aibox, I expected huge amount of mess. Actually, it was very clean On the inside! Much less than on the outside of the filter. Now we'll see how it affect the performance. Keep you updated.
Senior Moment, thanks for correcting me!He has the 1100...standard old-style automotive type air filter. Outside dirty, inside clean. Opposite of ours.
Normally, I would definitely agree! Specially if using a cheap copy of K&N. A pressure wash will just remove all the filtering material attached to the screen. Actually have seen it happen. Figured I would get similar results with that type of cleaning, and would be a good excuse to get rid of the K&N and go with stock filter. That was seven yrs. ago, the filter material is holding up fine and the PJ1 filter oil does its particle trapping, stays attached to filter material and leaves no residue on intake area. So, guess as long as material doesn't degrade or 'thin' out and I got a can of PJ1 filter spray oil, I'll leave 'well enough' alone.:wink:...I'm pretty sure those are exactly the things you're not supposed to do to an air filter...
gonna give her what she wants...LOLWho-Hoo, glad your back on the K&N side.:beer3: