K&N Air filter questions

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by BailOut

With that short amount of ownership time you're right that a K&N filter may not be worthwhile. However, with all of the other financial pitfalls of such a short ownership interval the cost of a reusable filter is the least of your worries.

Hmm I put 5k miles a year tops on my car. Thus a car with 90k miles on it (for me) means 18 years of use.

[b_hickman11]

Originally Posted by bronsin

The stock air filter is really an excellent design. Its 99% efficient at removing dirt compared to the KN's 95%. My last one cost $13. Thats $40 for 90k miles of superior protection. At 90k miles Im buying a new car. I just dont see the cost/benefit being in the KNs favor. Maybe if I lived in Alaska on a dirt road and serviced the AF every 5k miles.

So you think you are still getting 99% at 90,000 miles? My guess is that it would be 50% or lower. By then I could have already cleaned my K&N(several times) and still have it 95% or more.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by b_hickman11

So you think you are still getting 99% at 90,000 miles? My guess is that it would be 50% or lower. By then I could have already cleaned my K&N(several times) and still have it 95% or more.

50% would be high I think, and I have my doubts a paper filter would last 90,000 without just falling apart. Mine was filthy to the point you couldn't clean it without destroying it at 15k. If by some miracle it lasts 90,000 miles, there's no way it is going to last 18 years that its supposedly going to take to get to 90,000. I would bet a paper filter sitting in your garage wouldn't work after 18 years just from humidity in the air.

[thebarber]

i have k&n drop-in's in both of my cars....i take a look at them once a year to make sure they're not filthy.

if find the oiled filter grabs fine particles

saves lots of dough over the long run too....50$ on a drop in is made up after 2 or 3 regular paper filter changes....

[Thirty-Nine]

I've had K&N filters in almost every one of my cars since 1996 (that would be nine cars) and have never had an issue with any of them.

[Henry G.]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I've had K&N filters in almost every one of my cars since 1996 (that would be nine cars) and have never had an issue with any of them.

The best part of K&N's is not continually throwing $20 plus dollar filters in the trash.

[RedRide]

LOL One of us is getting excited and it isn't me.

I still fail to see what all this has to do with the OP's question about a K&N filter.
A filter is consider a wear item and is as such, is not warranted. except for defects in maufactruring.
The fact that Toyota sells a copy of a K&N filter (it may even be made by K&N) prevent them from claiming that a K&N is flawed technology.

Besides, people have been chaging their own air filters for many decades (including K&N)and I never heard a warranty issue being denied bucause if it.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by RedRide

LOL One of us is getting excited and it isn't me.

I still fail to see what all this has to do with the OP's question about a K&N filter.
A filter is consider a wear item and is as such, is not warranted. except for defects in maufactruring.
The fact that Toyota sells a copy of a K&N filter (it may even be made by K&N) prevent them from claiming that a K&N is flawed technology.

Besides, people have been chaging their own air filters for many decades (including K&N)and I never heard a warranty issue being denied bucause if it.

No, this just got a little too involved because you couldn't understand what you were reading in the TRD warranty claim. The reason I mentioned TRD warranty, and how TRD reserves the right to void their warranty on the TRD part [you're pretending that oiled filters are "wear items" that don't have a warranty?] and/or the vehicle warranty is because you chose to use the ol' Toyota TRD crutch that K&N has to be great because Toyota sells TRD parts...just thought it was time to mention that, yes, Toyota is so proud of their TRD filters, so long as they do the install, but if it's a DIY project they can renege on their filter warranty, and void your vehicle's warranty while they're at it, if they're in the mood.

You may have never heard of it, but it's still listed on their TRD warranty claim.

[RUFFSTUFF]

The internet is for porn.

[bigbang]

Originally Posted by RUFFSTUFF

The internet is for porn.

goodbye yaris world
I`m out this forums I join for the car
too much pervert on this forum

[RUFFSTUFF]

Originally Posted by bigbang

goodbye yaris world
I`m out this forums I join for the car
too much pervert on this forum

And certainly not enough of a sense of humor. Think about what you are going to miss if you leave:


Arguments over misinformation in air filters, oil filters, cabin filers, fish tank filters

Whining over the inaccuracy of gas gauges and filling up until the first click or until it sprays out

Complaining about only getting 39.987678 mpg when driving uphill at 45mph on Wednesdays

Being surprised when parts off of EBay not only don't fit but just plain suck

Questions on why their cars erupts into smoke and flame whenever they try to use said EBay parts (usually electrical)

Discussions on 13" wheels, because looking like your car is on skateboard wheels is trick

Politics, the lack thereof or excess in

Shifting an automatic, because bipolars need love too

Tales of people paying $10000 for used Yarii with 500,000 miles and wondering if its a good deal after the purchase

Not to mention the tutorials, pictures, funny stories, feedback from knowledgeable members, open discussions where no one gets their posts deleted, honest recommendations and reviews, and the hidden pictures of women with barely a stitch of clothing on showing you their gymnastics routines.


So I can understand if it seems a bit overwhelming, but really where are you going to go? The SVT Focus forum has been dead lately, so has the Yugo Enthusiast site. Drink your morning coffee, have a buttered croissant and come on back to YarisWorld... make sure you have your sexy underwear on, we're classy people here...

[RUFFSTUFF]

Guy calls himself "bigbang" and then says WE'RE perverts... imagine that...

[RedRide]

Yup, no sense of humor!