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heres a link with some more information, generally points to oiled filters posing no harm to our poor MAF sensors, although i highly doubt that K&N would make such an effort with test results saying that their filters are crap...
interesting though...
http://www.knfilters.com/MAF/massair.htm
1999 MK4 GTi 1.8T - Custom Code Stg 1, ECS Stg 1, 14lb Fly, 18" A8's
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That really is K&N putting their money where their mouth is. I wonder if this would hold up over here...?Originally Posted by HOLEIN1
I never had a problem with my last cars MAF and the oiled filter I used (a BMC panel replacement filter), and I tended to over oil it.
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Really K&N units are not worth it in my opinion - the stock unit is pretty large and I doubt any restriction to flow.
I've had a K&N on a turbo car and for the cost the gain is nil or close to nil.
YMMV.
Keith
Dubber
you may put money on petrol along with it?
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My K&N filter is at the end of the CAI, all the way down in the front bumper. I had it for at least 6 months and i haven't had a problem yet. so they could be right
All i know is that i will be keeping my filter coz it works great for me
1991 BMW 318is RED E30
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I've had a K&N filter for at least 6 months now ... no problems at all.
Dave
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I've had the K&N panel filter in my GTI for 8 months or so.
I had to clean the MAF after a couple of weeks using some alcohol because it got some of the filter oil on it (basically i noticed the fuel consumption got a bit worse after a few days or so), but i think that's just a teething problem. I guess they must be pretty heavily oiled from the factory sometimes, and it takes a bit of time for the excess oil to work its way off the filter.
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