[Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and Materials?

[Carl Prochilo]

Mine has a chrome plate at the end that helped with any of that type of
wear.  It did manage to deform the cone filter slightly.  The best solution
is to find a used Can if you can and do away with that bracket.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Bill Murray said:
> The only reason I had to replace mine was because a hole had be worn
> though on the filter from it rubbing against the inner fender at the tip
> of the filter where the gauze meets the rubber end.  The bracket that
> Pro-M supplies must not have been bent correctly, I bought mine used
> though.
>
> Bill Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Prochilo [mailto:gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:04 PM
> To: Bill Murray
> Cc: 'Donald Mallinson'; SHOTimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and
> Materials?
>
> K&N filters have become more commonplace these days.  If you have an
> Autozone nearby, you'll see what I mean.  I could probably buy a
> replacement
> cone filter from them if I needed it, but realistically if I do the
> maintenance as needed, it should last for the life of the car.  My guess
> is
> in line with Ron's in that Pro-M is probably getting a better cost from
> their current supplier than they were from K&N which directly translates
> to
> profit for them.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> Bill Murray said:
>> I bought a replacement filter for my Pro-M 77 about a year ago.  It is
> a
>> white colored filter, and like the Pro-M site says, I have not oiled
>> mine.  I would have preferred a genuine K&N replacement, but this is
>> supposedly a custom made size for Pro-M, the number listed on the
>> original K&N did not appear in their recent catalog.  I've wondered
>> about oiling it, but I've been knocking out the big stuff when I
> change
>> the oil, and I've put it in the dishwasher once or twice to clean it
>> better.  FWIW...
>>
>> Bill Murray
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:28 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, CLEANING procedure and
>> Materials?
>>
>> That looks like they are just using a K&N style filter and
>> NOT oiling it!  This is NOT a good way to filter air.  The
>> oil does NOT coat the MAF element unless you get stupid with
>> oiling it, and the oil is essential in getting the fine
>> particles of dirt that can wear out a motor.
>>
>> Anyone actually bought one of these to see what the filter
>> media is?  If just Gauze, then I would use the K&N filter
>> oil anyway.
>>
>> Don Mallinson
>>
>> Ron Porter wrote:
>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Pro-M is using this oil-less filter:
>>>
>>> http://pro-flow.com/Product%20pages/filter%204in.htm
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