K&N and Turbo, safe??

[Ti Kan]

Schoenly,Michael writes:
> I was recently told by a tuner that they are not recommending people to go with a high flow filter if your car is turbo charged, any one else hear this?

That's a bunch of baloney.  However, I don't recommend K&N filters
for the new Audis because these filters must be oiled, and I have
heard of many failures to the MAF sensor downstream due to the oil
coating it from the K&N.

There is no *proof* that K&N does anything for the performance of your
car, but there are plenty of reports that they don't filter as well
as the stock paper elements, and that alone is enough to convince me
not to spend the money on this useless "upgrade".

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