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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:31 am |
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What can I clean it with that won't damage it? Want something cheap.
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atari4x4
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:33 am |
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i always thought the K&N cleaning kit off ebay or from an autoshop was pretty cheap considering the number of uses you get out of it?
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11_evl
Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 846 Location: logan reserve, Brisb
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:36 am |
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Very light degreaser, dish washing water mix is what I use
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zukmeista
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1273 Location: Whangarei,N.Z.
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:37 am |
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Ok, will try that, thanks.
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14499 Location: Here there everywhere
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:40 am |
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while you are cleaning the filter have a close look for dust/dirt upstream from the filter
i think K&N filters let fine dust past the filter.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:53 am |
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shep wrote: while you are cleaning the filter have a close look for dust/dirt upstream from the filter
i think K&N filters let fine dust past the filter.
Not if you use the K&N grease and let it dry properly.
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14499 Location: Here there everywhere
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:01 am |
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SuziBlu wrote: shep wrote: while you are cleaning the filter have a close look for dust/dirt upstream from the filter
i think K&N filters let fine dust past the filter. Not if you use the K&N grease and let it dry properly. i tried one in my challenger and the first one failed due to a manufacturing fault and
the one they replaced it with let dust past the filter from new.
nothing wrong with stock paper which is what i will always use now.
my sierra filter is 4 years old and i reckon it will last another 4.
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:04 am |
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shep wrote: SuziBlu wrote: shep wrote: while you are cleaning the filter have a close look for dust/dirt upstream from the filter
i think K&N filters let fine dust past the filter. Not if you use the K&N grease and let it dry properly. i tried one in my challenger and the first one failed due to a manufacturing fault and the one they replaced it with let dust past the filter from new. nothing wrong with stock paper which is what i will always use now.my sierra filter is 4 years old a i reckon it will last another 4. YEP! Peanut HP gain with a snazzy filter is worth shit if your engine only lasts 2 weeks _________________ Lil Foot!
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atari4x4
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:14 am |
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Dan, i've had a K&N filter in my zook for the last 70,000kms & it still runs... 
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JrZook
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 5517 Location: Holland Park
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atari4x4 wrote: Dan, i've had a K&N filter in my zook for the last 70,000kms & it still runs... Does your vehicle live and breath in hardcore dust nearly everyday like shep's does? Try driving yours up to the cape or something if you want a real filter test.
Some of the dust is so fine that even the well sealed paper filters in airboxes with snorkles are letting a slight amount of dust through.
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14499 Location: Here there everywhere
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:39 am |
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JrZook wrote: atari4x4 wrote: Dan, i've had a K&N filter in my zook for the last 70,000kms & it still runs... Does your vehicle live and breath in hardcore dust nearly everyday like shep's does? Try driving yours up to the cape or something if you want a real filter test. Some of the dust is so fine that even the well sealed paper filters in airboxes with snorkles are letting a slight amount of dust through. I believe it would be a different story if you took the princess up there and had some shep time to be fair i also have a donldson cyclonic pre filter. well did anyway before i bunt it.
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zuk_244
Joined: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 170 Location: Wangaratta, Vic
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:34 am |
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Get a proper K&N Cleaning and Oil kit. Alot of motobike shops sell them or try Repco. Used to be about $25 and you get half a dozen cleans out of it.
If you clean it with degreaser and dont re-oil then it wont work. the oil is what catches the dust 
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atari4x4
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:53 am |
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JrZook wrote: atari4x4 wrote: Dan, i've had a K&N filter in my zook for the last 70,000kms & it still runs... Does your vehicle live and breath in hardcore dust nearly everyday like shep's does? Try driving yours up to the cape or something if you want a real filter test. Some of the dust is so fine that even the well sealed paper filters in airboxes with snorkles are letting a slight amount of dust through. I believe it would be a different story if you took the princess up there and had some shep time I was just disagreeing with your blanket statement. 
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:47 am |
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I have run K&N for as long as I remember, swear by them, never had an engine failure, and I thrash the shit out of my toys, cruelly.
Its for this reason I get the best I can for them, K&N, redline oil, Mobile 1 engine oil, change every 5000k.
Used to live in Katherine, driven all around oz a few times.
Never driven a car to the cape but, damit, one day.
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