Miata Mailing List: June 1994, Message #53
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: Re: DAILY digest of "miata" mailing list (part 1 of 1)
   Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 10:55:51 -0400

On Fri, 3 Jun 1994, Christina Stockton wrote:

> Has anyone installed a K&N air filter?  They are supposed to last
> forever with just occasional cleaning and oil.  Thanks!

I have a K&N air filter in my Miata; I've had it for ~35k miles, with no 
problems. K&N pretty much guarantees the thing for 1,000,000 miles, as 
long as you clean it when it's dirty.

When clean, a K&N filter will breathe a little better than the stock 
paper filter. Once it starts to get dirty, though, it's *more* 
restrictive. K&N claims that you should clean and re-oil it every 50k 
miles (I think); my experience is that every 15k is more like it.

One thing that might bother you is that the air intake noise is a bit 
louder with a K&N filter than with the stock paper filter. Or it might 
not; it doesn't bother me. :)

--
Ken
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           Ken Warren               E-Mail: kenw@netaxs.com
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