kn air filter

just noticed on my diesel freelander 1 its got a kn air filter, its a cone shaped thing, do u clean them and put oil on them like the old days or just wash them,

your best off getting the proper airbox for it and fitting a flat K&N filter in that

Freelaner said:

your best off getting the proper airbox for it and fitting a flat K&N filter in that

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+1

dont spray it either when you first get it out the box as the oil kills MAFS.

when you do come to clean it then a couple of quick sprays and thats it.

its been on for 4 years, the previouse owner put it on, what is wrong with them on a freelander.

nowt wrong with it, per se, but stick to original kit and it won't let you down if you (for instance) go through a flood

it would have to be deep lol

not really............it can splash up and into yer injin

Do many people on here use k&n's? I was thinking of getting one. Never noticed the difference when i had one before though on another car

I use K&N. Done over 15k miles with no problems.

k&n's

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have one on now for the past 3k miles .. no problems

although compared to the LR item .. no difference to mpg .. or perceived get-up-and-go ..

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k&n air filters .. m.a.f. pages ..

K&N Response to Mass Air Flow Sensor Concerns

K&N Mass Air Flow Sensor Test Results

Rather think that mine was sucking cooler air in from a standard box instead of hot air from the engine bay - but maybe Im wrong...although mines a K series

Air sucked in from under the right front wheelarch, not from the engine bay. I have, since october 2001 such a k&n filter (just the replacement type of the stock, put in the standard airbox) a couple of weeks after I put it in my maf was gone, now when I clean the filter the oiling afterwards is almost zero and since no problems anymore. But for performance as such I guess it's not doing much. The same story for the chipping I did, also back in october 2001, in theory you consume less fuel if you keep the same performance as before, but if you use the extra power the fuel consumption goes up as well, so my guess is that my consumption of fuel is still the same as before the chipping but I have a largely enjoyed extra power available now, both the engine and the autobox do enjoy the extrapower, looks as they were made for it but got strangled by LR.