air filter oil
Road Warrior
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RE: air filter oil
ORIGINAL: sapperw5
maybe a stupid ?, but should i oil mySE air cleaner. i know it works on cars. what should i use, and does it help.
maybe a stupid ?, but should i oil mySE air cleaner. i know it works on cars. what should i use, and does it help.
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RE: air filter oil
Are SE air filters no longer oiled? Everyone that I have bought in the past is an oiled filter like a K&N. I'm about certain K&N makes them. I service them just like the a K&N.
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: USA
RE: air filter oil
No. Oiling the SE filter element will ruin it. Oiled air filters are old technology. Filter media materials technology has come a long way since the days of "the dirt sticks to the oil" idea from the 1930's.
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RE: air filter oil
ORIGINAL: KBFXDLI
No. Oiling the SE filter element will ruin it. Oiled air filters are old technology. Filter media materials technology has come a long way since the days of "the dirt sticks to the oil" idea from the 1930's.
No. Oiling the SE filter element will ruin it. Oiled air filters are old technology. Filter media materials technology has come a long way since the days of "the dirt sticks to the oil" idea from the 1930's.
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Road Master
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From: DFW
RE: air filter oil
That's because the filters in the SE kits USED to be K&N. Now they are not. Don't oil them.You are better offbuying the K&N equivalent because they are basically the same price (less actually, if you shop around) and those last virtually forever...
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RE: air filter oil
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
Sorry, but you are passing along info that is not 100% correct. HD may be making SE filters now that are not oiled. But they were oiled, at least up until a year or two ago. This is a Stage I kit for my bike....The pic speaks for itself....
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ORIGINAL: KBFXDLI
No. Oiling the SE filter element will ruin it. Oiled air filters are old technology. Filter media materials technology has come a long way since the days of "the dirt sticks to the oil" idea from the 1930's.
No. Oiling the SE filter element will ruin it. Oiled air filters are old technology. Filter media materials technology has come a long way since the days of "the dirt sticks to the oil" idea from the 1930's.
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From: along the shore of Mishigami
RE: air filter oil
se air filter for the 02 fxd was a k&n style filter, the se air filter on my 05fxdli was the paper variety. ordered a K&N HD-0800 thru my local autozone, had it the next day. the paper filters are not to be oiled. just my 2 cents worth.
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Road Warrior
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From: Top of Texas
RE: air filter oil
ORIGINAL: hd_sob
That's because the filters in the SE kits USED to be K&N. Now they are not. Don't oil them.You are better offbuying the K&N equivalent because they are basically the same price (less actually, if you shop around) and those last virtually forever...
That's because the filters in the SE kits USED to be K&N. Now they are not. Don't oil them.You are better offbuying the K&N equivalent because they are basically the same price (less actually, if you shop around) and those last virtually forever...
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RE: air filter oil
ORIGINAL: boogiewithtuck
My '06 SE filter was some type of dry green paper-like media; tore after about 3000 miles... I run K&Ns in everything I own. Makes a big difference out here in the dusty sticks.
My '06 SE filter was some type of dry green paper-like media; tore after about 3000 miles... I run K&Ns in everything I own. Makes a big difference out here in the dusty sticks.
I have some experience in the dust to end all dust as well. You cannot name one place on earth that is dustier than the silt beds of Baja. I don't think I have ever seen a oiled filter there.
Just my opinion.
I run a KN on my bike, in my Duramax and in my Jetta. Love them.