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Old 12-11-2008, 08:53 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by Rogue Leader View Post
I love when people mention the benefit of never having to replace the filter... But lets see a new paper filter is like 7 bucks usually. However the average K&N is $70 and the cleaning kit is $15. You should replace your air filter what every 15k miles? So thats replacing the filter 7 times over 100k miles. $49 total.... Vs $85 for the K&N...

Sounds like savings to me!!
Yup...been there and done it...plus the occasional dripping of the oil from the K & N. No thanks.....thats why we got away from oil coated air filters 45 years ago....
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