Re: 10v air filter upgrades?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <werikson@hampshire.edu>]

Is there a good kind of oil besides the K&N oil to put on them?
       TIA,
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '87 QSW

Todd Phenneger wrote:

> I agree about the oiling.
>         I think they are great, and work while wet, IF OILED.  I would do
> it about every 10,000 miles.  When I do it is still oily but I do it every
> Oil Change or two just to be sure.  I may go all winter without doing it
> but I do it in spring and then again about 1/2 way through summer or
> before a major Track Event.  Then again before winter if I have time.
>         L8R
> Oh, yea, good point about the airflow.  BUT, it is good to put it in an
> area where it has good air to suck from.  I prefer to duct air to it from
> another area and let it suck from that source.
>         L8R
>
>         Todd Phenneger
>         1984 4000s quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
>         1985 4000 quattro / Silver / Fixing it Up.
>         1987 4000cs quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
>         1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
>    *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 johnc@together.net wrote:
>
> > the deal on K&N filters: KEEP IT OILED!!!  if you let it dry out, phil is
> > right, it becomes a chicken wire highway for dirt to explore the inside of
> > your motor.  what filters are the oil-soaked gauze fibers.  if they dry out,
> > not only doesn't the dirt stick, but the gauze opens up.  one of the reasons
> > they work for motorcycles is that with most bikes it's a snap to yank the
> > filters and reoil.  plus most riders are gearheads and keep a hand on this
> > stuff.  this is not a good way to go if you are expecting to toss the thing in
> > and clean and reoil 'when you get around to it'. K&N will give you some
> > propaganda about how they 'filter better as they get dirty' but A) if this is
> > true, then i guess it's not doing such a great job when clean, and B) dirty
> > but still oiled and dried out are two different things.
> >
> > don't get me wrong, I've had 4 or 5 of these setups on bikes, and they work
> > great for power and are long lived, but they do require maintenance.  then
> > again, most older bikes have horrible stock airboxes, so there is alot of gain
> > to be had, may not be the case with car airboxes (standard YMMV).
> >
> > about intake placement, don't forget Bernoulli - As the velocity of a fluid
> > increases, the pressure exerted by that fluid decreases. - so if you stick
> > your inlet across the flow of air, it will suck.  so to speak.
> >
> >
> >