Date sent: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:48:02 -0800
From: Mike Burgess <ax778@lafn.org>
Organization: Los Angeles Free Net
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Copies to: mike.burgess@trw.com, KNFilters@aol.com
Subject: Re: DML: K&N dissapointment
Send reply to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Ah, but the crux of the problem is:
> The junk that gets through, is a problem. It does not burn up,
> it gets into the OIL, likely via washing down the cylinder walls,
> and once in the oil, visits all the bearing surfaces. If it
> "did nothing" then I'd have no extra silicon in the engine.
> I didn't test the oil till after 10k miles, it's had 3 oil changes prior
> to this one, and now I'll use a paper filter, and if the silicon level
> drops, the K&N goes back.
>
Unless you drive in the desert or at the beach, the silicon is most
likely coming from your pistons. They are an Al/Si alloy.
|{eith R. Phelps
Cat..... the other white meat.
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