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Sedans Hyundai Azera Hyundai Azera Air Filter Benefits?
64 messages, Last post on Jun 04, 2007 at 12:40 PM
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Replying to: pahefner01 (Jun 01, 2007 9:23 pm) Easy guys, high blood pressure is worse than low air pressure. This is a forum of opinions, don't take it too seriously. Remember,they still sell vanilla and chocolate. And some sell strawberry as well.
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WOW... I only asked a simple question in another post but in seem to have gotten its own catigorie! I didn't mean to cause any hard feeling or start an argument, i was just curious about K&N filters. I'm not a car nut and I'm not real technically knowledgeable about cars. I just really like the Azera and hopefully going on buying one as soon as I'm able to. It's not worth getting all stress out over. Oh..buy the way, I'm still not sure about the anwser to my origanal question. Rich
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Replying to: richdag (Jun 02, 2007 4:17 am) IMO, for non tech guys, sticking with OEM type product is usually the wisest. Many times it's the best for the high tech guys as well. |
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (May 31, 2007 6:28 pm) It will be the first air filter change in seven years and 36K miles. A better question would be is why are you only changing your air filter once every seven years? Air filters are cheap maintenance whether they are paper, K&N, or anything or anything else. |
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (May 31, 2007 6:28 pm) You must pay $18 dollars for a replacement filter? As I stated, there is a lot of construction around here. That raises a lot of dust. So much that doing nothing to a car will still lead to it needing a wash after only 3-5 days. I just checked and paper replacement filters are down to $14.95. So if you take the lower cost and, being generous, replace the filter every 15K miles instead of twice a year that's still a cost of $120+tax (I have about 130K on the car). Even with that schedule & price I'm almost $70 ahead. Now let us say that if I were to start using a K & N filter and the oil from it were to ruin my MAF... No MAF ruined; not an issue. When I clean the filter I follow the directions which include telling you to not oversaturate the filter element. Are you one of those drivers that changes your engine oil every three thousand miles also? While under warranty I followed the manual's service intervals for everything. Now that the warranty is over I go a bit farther between oil changes. Now as far as paper air filters clogging up our landfills, do you read a newspaper? How about paper barrel bags from the grocery store? We are talking paper here, not radio-active waste! That's really off topic, but I read the Sunday paper & always recycle it. We also recycle glass, cans, plastic, and other paper products that can reasonably be recycled. A used air filter isn't a candidate for recycling because of the trapped dirt. You'd also have to separate it from the plastic housing. Basically go to the effort of tearing it apart. We always get plastic bags at the grocery store. They are frequently reused for carrying other things and are recycled when no longer usable. |
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Replying to: pahefner01 (Jun 02, 2007 8:38 am) Air filters are cheap maintenance whether they are paper, K&N, or anything or anything else." That is a valid point to be sure!  However, a better question might be: Why waste the money and change it when it DOES NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED? In other words, if it ain't broke, why fix it? I can tell by the way old faithful performs that there is no problem with my original paper air filter. And just to prove my point to myself only, I am expecting an oil analysis result back from Blackstone Laboratories momentarily. These results, among many other things, will tell me whether or not my air filter system is functioning as it was designed to do. Not to change the subject, but . . has anyone ever heard of an original Ford battery lasting for more than seven (7) years? Many here might say: "You'd better get a new one right away," as in today. "Do you want to be stranded?" Battery failure does not bother me. AAA plus my handy dandy Sears charger will take care of any battery problems I might encounter. If it ain't broke, why change it? Peace People. Carry on. 
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (Jun 02, 2007 9:54 am) I was just thinking about the battery thing. Here in South Florida the heat must eat up batteries. Every care that I have owned goes through batteries in about 3 years. It doesn't matter if I change it using the best battery made or the cheapest. They all seem to have the same life. The crazy thing about my past car, an Infinity Q45, was that when the battery started to go the computer caused everything in the car to work improperly. One headlight would work while the other would not. The engine sensors would have the engine run rough, etc. The simple act of changing the battery would correct all of the problems even though the battery test came out OK.
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (Jun 02, 2007 9:54 am) I sold my 2001 Tahoe last year at 65K miles and it still had the original battery and air filter also. If anyone thinks after that mileage that the filter was restrictive, it towed a 10,000 pound trailer back and forth to Florida from Michigan ( over the Smokie mountains ), on six separate occassions and never lacked for power from the stock 5300 motor. |
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (Jun 02, 2007 9:54 am) Blackstone Laboratories momentarily. These results, among many other things, will tell me whether or not my air filter system is functioning as it was designed to do. So you are going to spend money to have your oil analyzed after waiting 7 years to replace your air filter element? I'm reasonabally sure that the results will show that nothing was getting through that air filter. I'm sure it would be cheaper to have changed the air filter element than have your oil analyzed in an attempt to prove some kind of point. This entire discussion is getting beyond bizarre. |
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Replying to: derrelhgreen (Jun 02, 2007 9:54 am) AAA plus my handy dandy Sears charger will take care of any battery problems I might encounter. If it ain't broke, why change it? A battery charger will not take care of a failed battery. If it completely fails it will not take a charge. Peace!, I hope that battery doesn't fail in the middle of nowhere. It would be hard to find a place to plug that battery charger in. |
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