> From: scottl@webbresearch.com
> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 98 16:52:31 EDT
> Subject: DML: k&n fipk killed my motor
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Reply-to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> my 96 dodge dakota v-6 now has a blown motor thanks partly to the k&n fipk i
> put in about a month ago. the offset bolt that holds the filter to the
> throttle body snapped and fell into the motor. i was wondering if this had happen
> to anyone else. if so was there any recourse with k&n.
What? What? K&N is responsible because you overtightened the air
cleaner bolt? Put down that crack pipe, son.
> the bolt was definetly
> not overtightened so i think it should not have broke.
Right. Bolts routinely shear themselves off for no aparent reason.
Sheesh!
> i would still like to use
> the filter when the motor is fixed but am a little scared so any improvements to
> the original design would be helpful. i am not on the list so please e-mail
> me directly.
Ask question here, get answer here.
You better stick to the factory air box, my friend. And have your
mom get you some of those round-nose scissors for you the
next time she goes to the store.
> scott lelievre
> broken 96 dakato v-6:(
> scottl@webbresearch.com
No sympathy from me. I've dropped stuff like bolts and sockets into
my vehicles before and it was my own damn fault. I never blamed
someone else for my own clumsiness.
-Scott :^|
"No, Homer, very few cartoons are broadcast live. It's a
terrible strain on the illustrator's wrist."
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