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Re: K&N Filter - Not Recommended?
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Fri, 13 June 2003 09:34
 
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oil based filters are bad for exactly the reason you said, you answered your own question. its only relevant for cars running the hotwire type AFM, not Vane or Carmen Vortex type AFM's. the hotwire type works buy heating up a wire inside the airduct and running a current thru it. as air passes over it it cools the wire changing the resistance of the wire letting the ecu know whats going on. when the car is switched off, the hotwire is heated up to something like 200-500 degrees? not too sure but anyway, it does this for a few seconds to burn off any crap that has got thru the filter and onto the wire. if OIL were to get on the wire, when the wire heats up, the oil would make the wire get way hotter than its supposed to and possibly melt the wire meaning youll need a new AFM.
so in short, just stick with the factory air filter! if i could be bothered relocating my washer/coolant bottle in the sprinter i would ditch the K&N and run a box anyday but im lazy (and rice).
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Norbie | Fri, 13 June 2003 01:58 |
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gold28 | Fri, 13 June 2003 03:26 |
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justcallmefrank | Fri, 13 June 2003 05:39 |
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justcallmefrank | Fri, 13 June 2003 05:48 |
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EVOSTi | Fri, 13 June 2003 09:34 |
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xtigerx | Sat, 14 June 2003 01:07 |
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draven | Sat, 14 June 2003 02:06 |
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