K&N filters bad?

[Dan DiBiase]

Those of us in the British car community strongly discourage the use of
foam air filters on our cars, for just the reason you describe, Brady.
There have been instances of cars burning due to a back-fire (much more
prevalent on old English iron than contemporary Audi iron) setting the
foam on fire.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6 (and 2 MGB's)
Central NJ USA
--- Brady Moffatt <bradym at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I know that foam filters aren't perfect either, especially on Webered
> cars.
> I had a few small backfires through the carbs and later noticed that the
> inside surface of the filter foam was a bit charred and bits of it were
> likely getting ingested by the engine. Burnt foam won't hurt an engine,
> I'm
> sure, but still, not ideal...


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