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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	K-N filter cleaning? 07/21/07 at 23:09:15 How do you clean them? Do I have to knuckle under and use their expensive cleaning products? Or...Soap and water? Carb cleaner? Gas? Air? I'm in a heavy dust area.
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Re: K-N filter cleaning?
Reply #1 - 07/22/07 at 03:59:06

I run K&Ns in my cars and in my bike. The kit is about 10 bucks at the 'Zone but it will last several cleanings. Never tried (or cared to) anything else because the failed experimenting is a lot more expensive than the K&N kit!!
You can probably clean it in any soap and water but the reoil is the critical part. Early automotive air filters were oil soaked same as the K&Ns. They used whatever oil you put in the engine, mostly 30 wt. Engines didn't last very long back then, but a lot has changed since then. Just hasn't been an area I have felt led to experiment in.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6067 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: K-N filter cleaning? Reply #2 - 07/22/07 at 08:40:17 use the k&n products why risk your investment with unproven methods?
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cFLOW Full Member Offline life is great Posts: 191 Bootheel MO Gender:	Re: K-N filter cleaning? Reply #3 - 07/22/07 at 08:58:26 I bought just the can of K&N oil at O Riley's and it said to use the cleaner or a good detergent so I used Dawn mixed with water in a spray bottle. And it turned out perfect. and it was 16oz can fro $8.
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Re: K-N filter cleaning?
Reply #4 - 07/22/07 at 19:00:33

And now for a minority opinion:

Clean it?

I had a K&N air filter in my old '81 Gold Wing for over 15 years and 95,000 miles.

Never cleaned it.

Not once.

Every few score thousands of miles or so, I'd spray a little K&N air filter oil on it, just because I was feeling guilty.

I believe these things filter better when they get dirty.

BTW, that bike, at 125,000 miles, was still getting the same gas mileage that it did right after I broke it in. Didn't burn a drop of oil, either. Oil did not get too dirty between oil changes either.

YMMV!

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: K-N filter cleaning? Reply #5 - 07/23/07 at 05:53:54 I use Simple Green to clean it and I buy the K&N oil.
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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Re: K-N filter cleaning? Reply #6 - 07/23/07 at 12:25:43 How do you all clean POD filters ?
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