Re: Cleaning the K&N

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In a message dated 97-02-07 16:37:31 EST, you write:

<<      Since the K&N is oiled, I would think you need to clean off the oily 
      dirt with something petroleum-based, such as kerosene, which might 
      work well, not soap and water, which would be hard-pressed to get that 
      junk off.  What is the K&N cleaner like?  I've never seen it since I 
      haven't had these filters in long enough to need it.
       >>
The K&N cleaner could be used to "wash your dishes" as the tech guy told me
years ago....  You want to use a mild detergent to avoid the clumping of the
filter material...  Put the soap in a bucket of water and rinse the filter
back and forth, removing the debris and the bugs, which dislodge very easily.
 afterwords, run under tap water to remove all the soap, then dry BEFORE
applying the oil.  Hmmm...  The filter is a million mile part, why did you
rid of it?  Remember, K&N's own propyganda shows that the filter will flow
LESS than the stock paper filter if you don't clean it with some regularity.
 I also found that the flow just became less over time, since the mild
cleaning still leaves some residue in the filter material....  

This filter is hardly a performance item for most cars,  a must for a tweeked
turbo car.  If you aren't cleaning it regularly and reoiling (and thanks guys
for the posts about a bottle lasting forever:) the thing, the why question
comes to mind all together.  A clean stock paper filter will outperform a
dirty K&N

Scott