tommudd wrote:
K&N with a Rustys Air tube and home built air box on now for over 70,000 miles I have cleaned it 4 times, also always check throttle body etc, NO, I repeat NO dirt in body or on blades also no oil residue either. Have ran them on 4 vehicles now with all going up into 150,000 to 175,000 when I sold them and no problems at all. Its all in the way you take care of a vehicle and keeping things clean. Now my state supplied Taurus is always having problems with dirt etc in the throttle bodies, of course I dont service it. They have to clean them every 20,000 / 25,000 miles to keep it running smoothly.
I had one on an F150 once. It coated the little wires on the MAF sensor and I had to clean theoff with a Q-tip and alcohol. I felt like a brain surgeon, knowinf ir I screwed them up, it would mean more money spent. I took the KN out and used it for target practise with my 12 gauge from a distance of 10 feet. Made me feel mucho grande.