Eeeewwww, yucky filter!

[Philosopher]

Originally posted by ChuckH


K&N says it's OK to use a soft brush so I only used it where the crud was really thick. I have to say I weas very shocked at how dirty it was, but now it's clean again. K&N also says that dirt is good and actually helps it filter better, but I think mine was well beyond that point!

So which is it "3" or "3?"

Gotcha.


Ah ... 2 or 3 times.

[jnapier]

Well I finally got around to putting a K&N filter in the X this weekend. I took a trip up into the Georgia mountains pulling a utility trailer for about 100 miles. Then I loaded up 3 more adults and went another 100 miles up to Rocky Mountain National park in Bryson City, NC, to go tubing in Deep Creek (the X looked great with 8 tubes stacked on the roof rack :P). After a day of tubing, I loaded up a motorcycle on the trailer and drove back across the mountains to Atlanta. Overall, I drove 350 miles on one tank of gas and averaged just over 19 mpg. This is 1 mgp better than anything I've experienced in the X which amazed me considering the type of driving I did. I am most impressed with this cheap upgrade.
BTW, the tubing was lotsa fun! And the drive was beautiful.

Jim