# Interesting read on air filters, K&N takes a beating

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986 "2007-11-19T12:39:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/21 "2007-11-20T12:59:26Z")

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Then scroll up.

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**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/22 "2007-11-20T13:00:42Z")

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[quote=“Fry,post:21,topic:38986"”]

Then scroll up.

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it wasn’t tested by them

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**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/23 "2007-11-20T13:04:23Z")

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on a serious note…

can particles that small really hurt an engine? i doubt it

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**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/24 "2007-11-20T13:16:46Z")

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if it happens to be a piece of hard metal or something and it somehow bypasses ur rings, and “falls” into the oil pan and somehow gets pumped thru and then lodges between ur bearing and crank/rod it COULD cause bearing failure, but yeah, most likely not.

i ran around for a few months with no filter on the turbo just cuz the spool sounded so much sweeter w/ no filter hahah

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**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/25 "2007-11-20T13:20:57Z")

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lol i have yet to try that…i should though :tup:…just for a sec

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**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-read-on-air-filters-k-n-takes-a-beating/38986/26 "2007-11-20T13:34:25Z")

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[quote=“Toda Party,post:24,topic:38986"”]

if it happens to be a piece of hard metal or something and it somehow bypasses ur rings, and “falls” into the oil pan and somehow gets pumped thru and then lodges between ur bearing and crank/rod it COULD cause bearing failure, but yeah, most likely not.

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well ya but i find that highly unlikely.

plus youd probably have to have stupid loose P-W clearences and loose-as-fuck rings. i just think there would be too much of an air force coming off the wall esp near the piston to let anything get close. but i see what youre saying

id say the most likely of scenarios would be a particle lodged above the 1st ring and on the side of the piston. it’d probably be so small that it wouldnt create more than a .001" scratch before it flung out

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