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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
My Boxster has a K & N Air Filter and it has not had any issues with it at all. ALOT of the issues related to K & N Air Filters are with the user using too much oil when they initially install it.
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Hi,
Partly true, but mostly wrong. The K & N allows more air through it because it has bigger holes in it. This means it admits much more dirt as well. You haven't had a MAF Failure... Yet!
This dirt ends up primarily in the Oil, so you need to shorten you Oil Change interval when using a K & N (there go any perceived Cost Savings).
Also, the Filter restricts in 1/3 the time of a Paper Filter, so any perceived Performance Gains only exist in the first 5k-7k mi. after cleaning/installation and then only at the
Top of the Power Curve, where few people spend any real time. Wanna pay for
Unused Potential? OK that's up to you.
In Sum: A
Bunch of Baloney -
Automotive Jewelry, good primarily for Bragging Rights only.
Happy Motoring!...Jim'99