[Biturbos4] First of my own wrenching of my '01 S4

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Tue Mar 9 20:49:40 EST 2004


Single Malt writes:
> Now that my car is out of the original warranty, I felt like tinkering a bit. 
> I've been told that replacing the air filter with a K&N variety would yield
> some more power and could hardly effect the Audi Assured coverage I am now
> ...

Be careful with that K&N.  The filter oil has been known to coat
the MAF sensor and damage it.  Also, I have not seen *any* objective
proof that the K&N filter adds horsepower.  Their ads make some
pretty wild claims, but I don't think that's backed up by real dyno
numbers.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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