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Old 08-04-2009, 01:07 PM   #13 (permalink)
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There is almost no advantage to a K&N. You put oil in the filter, which gets into your engine, and gums stuff up. How is that an advantage?

Sure, you don't have to replace your filter for "a million miles". But you DO have to keep cleaning/re-oiling it. That stuff costs money as well.

You're actually better off just getting some stainless mesh, cutting the paper element out of an old filter, and folding the stainless in 4-8 layers, large enough that it fits in your old filter's rubber housing.

That, my friend, is a cheap, lifetime, maintenance free (rinse it out once in awhile) filter.
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