Well, today after work, I stopped by the local parts store and picked up a K&N air filter... Popped the old one out, in with the new and WOW, I couldnt believe how LOUD the turbo is now!!! It sounds like a jet is flying beside me... Well, just had to get that off my back... haha

Don

 

No matter what the peanut gallery says about K&N leave it in there. 200K miles with my K&N and I ain't changing based on what some knucklehead says about the lastest aircleaner fad. All aircraft engines ($30K+) use K&N.

 

Do you have an aircraft engine in your truck???

 

What he said. I never find any dust or oil on my intake tube, and that is good enough for me. Maybe if my intake tube was really oily, and dusty after running my filter a while, I would consider changing, but until then, I love what I have. And if you think yours is loud in the cab.....I made the switch from the drop in filter, to this one, and it made a huge difference in sound



Eric

 

I too have a K&N and no residue of anykind so far. Im also using a prefilter. And like you said, ...sounds like a freaking jet! Its what make it so hard not to step on the throttle.

 

My feeling on people who gripe about K&Ns is that simply don't know how to read the directions.
Most folks way over-service them, over oil and fail to use sealing grease around the edges.
I don't even open the airbox with my drop-in K&N until 100,000 miles has past.
It's useless looking at any filter to tell if it's clogged, there's not one person in the world who can do that, a clean looking one can be totally clogged and dirty one just fine. In fact peaking in the box is counter productive, you risk losing the outer seal.