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Re: K & N filter cleaning and re-oiling

To: Dave_Vrba@mail.sel.sony.com, spridgets@autox.team.net, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: K & N filter cleaning and re-oiling
From: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:12:26 PST
Reply-to: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Check the Motorcycle shops in your area and see what they recommend. The 
local Harley shop here sells some stuff by I think Bel-ray. It's  
cheaper than the K&N stuff. I personally use the K&N kit.
FWIW
Peter S.


>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:13:38 -0500
>From: Dave_Vrba@mail.sel.sony.com (Dave Vrba)
>Subject: K & N filter cleaning and re-oiling
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net, healeys@autox.team.net
>Reply-To: Dave_Vrba@mail.sel.sony.com (Dave Vrba)
>
>     Hello listers,
>     
>     I want to clean and re-oil my K & N air filter (weber down draft 
>     installed on my 1275) but don't have easy access in acquiring and 
>     really don't want to use the "K&N cleaning solution or the K&N 
filter 
>     oil"
>     
>     Their web page WWW.knfilter.com clearly states not to use gas, 
>     solvents or the like to clean and I quote on the re-oiling:
>     
>     "Do not use automatic transmission fluid, any kind of motor oil or 
>     diesel fuel to oil a K&N Filter. Do not use "WD-40", "LPS" or any 
>     other type of light-weight spray lubricants to oil a K&N Filter. 
Any 
>     of those products will damage the filter or degrade its filtering 
>     ability." 
>     
>     Sounds like a manufactures ploy to sell their own product to me.  
I'm 
>     a realist.  What do you listers use (those of you who have K&N 
filters 
>     that is) to CLEAN and then re-oil your filters?  Are we all doomed 
to 
>     buy the K&N cleaning solution and filteroil to keep our filters 
>     functioning properly?
>     
>     Looking forward to your responses.  TIA.
>     
>     Dave
>     '62 MKII Sprite
>     HAN6L14083
>     Dublin, CA
>



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