Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:37:55 -0500
Reply-To: "Jason M. Yasment" <jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM>
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From: "Jason M. Yasment" <jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM>
Subject: Fw: Fw: Air filters, K&N
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I had it in for about a year and a half and clean it out every 10k miles.
It cleans really easy. THere is a solution to take off the old oil and
grime. You run that under tap water , let it dry and apply the new oil and
all done clean filter. Make sure you don't run watter in the same direction
as airflow because it will drive the dirt into the filter instead of out.
They oil is sprayed on with a bottle and dries. If you use alot it will
clog the filter and defeat the purpose of the higher air flow.
-----Original Message-----
From: YauMan Chan <YauMan@CChem.Berkeley.EDU>
To: jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM <jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM>; vanagon@VANAGON.COM
<vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Air filters, K&N
>I have been looking into this too and have a few questions which I think
some list members will be interested too:
>
>1. How long have you had the K&N in?
>
>2. Did you buy the cleaners and the oiling kit? Have you used it yet? How
much of a pain is it to clean and re-oil?
>
>3. One of the problem I woried about which I first considered using this
filter is that if the oil on the element breaks off the surface of the
element and become air borne duing use, the oil particulates will end up
depositing in the little thermistor wire inside the air flow meter. This may
affect the operations of the temperature sensing and thus the ECU. From the
construction of the filter and the way oil is put on, is this a possibility?
>
>Thanks for sharing your experience.
>
>Yau-Man Chan
>87 GL
>
>
>
>>>> "Jason M. Yasment" <jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM> 12/07 3:40 AM >>>
>Check Around on your prices. I have one on '84 Westyand it makes a world
>of difference. I noticed about a 1-2mpg gain and a little more gusto
around
>town. I used to commute across the Coronado bridge (of Simon&Simon fame)
in
>San Diego. Before it was a 3rd gear @40mph trip over. Now if I kept the
>momentum up it was a 4th @ 55. Seem to give a bit more torque.
>
>My TDI is the next canidate once the free one from VW is done. Have had
>them on various other equipment like 2 and 4 stroke dirt bikes and again
>less fuel more power.
>
>Jason Yasment
>'84 Westy 126,500
>'98 Jetta TDI 20,500
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