K&N & '91 200q

[Linus Toy <linust@mindspring.com>]

Recently, a fellow '91 200q owner (sorry, forgot who) mentioned finding dust
& grit in the intake tract after running a K&N filter for awhile.  Here's my
recent findings...

I installed the K&N about 1 year ago and 10k miles ago.  After reading that
post, and in preparation for a trip to Whistler, I thought I'd pull the K&N
and go back to a paper filter for the trip.  Fearing similar problems with
dust and grit, I checked the inside of the airbox, the outlet, and the inlet
hose to the intercooler--it all looked much the same as when I installed the
filter last year--CLEAN!  yeah.  looking at the K&N, it still looked
reasonably oiled and not significantly gunked up, but i still installed the
paper filter so i can go clean and re-oil the K&N.  just another (contrary)
data point.

BTW, i DID notice the added restriction of the paper air filter -- it
significantly muffles the intake roar at full throttle (I have also removed
the front lower cover with intake air snorkel/sound attenuator from my airbox).

--linus
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