Re: Re: RE: going hunting, k&n problem???

From: Wesley Beck (dakotaslt99@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 18:44:57 EDT


K&N makes something, I think its called a precharger. It is some kind of
cover that fits over the filter that supposed to filter out the majority of
the dirt before it gets to the filter itself.

>From: "Jon Smith" <fast4x4@bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Re: RE: going hunting, k&n problem???
>Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:46:35 -0400
>
>Negative on that. Ever filter water from a stream?? and since one must
>rinse the K&N from clean side to dirty side, dirt is gonna get trapped on
>the motor side....
>
>Besides, the cleaning soap is bad for all the lil freshwater teleosts
>swimmin around. Washes their slime off, introducing bacteria, which in
>turn
>causes many many probs.. blah, reminds me of my fish physi. class :)
>
>anyhow, I've never gotten mine dirty enough to wash from a weekend of
>fourwheelin
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:18 AM
>Subject: DML: RE: going hunting, k&n problem???
>
>
> >
> > Just take the K&N Cleaning kit with you and you'll be fine. (Clean it
>in
>a
> > stream if you have to.)
> >
> > The last time I got my filter REALLY dirty was in Lassen County (CA) on
>the
> > fire roads (Red Clay Dirt). After each day, I just cleaned it and let
>it
> > dry overnight. (It paid for itself on that trip.)
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: going hunting, k&n problem???
> >
> > I'm going hunting this week-end and I was just a
> > little bit worried about my k&n filter. I'm going to
> > ride into a lot of unpaved road this week-end, and
> > some say that it is better to prevent dust going into
> > the air filter because of its massive exposure to dirt
> > and dust.
> >
> >
> >
>

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