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K&N High Flow good or bad? - 2/23/2008 9:48:28 AM

bagpiper101

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Hey, I'm new to this forum but I've got a question. I just bought a 04' Jetta GLS 1.8T off lease. I wanted to get more air without spending a lot and wanted it to be easy so I bought a K&N High Flow filter to replace my stock one. I've heard that they are bad for the MAF sensor but I've had it in for about 3 days now and it hasn't done a thing. Are these accusations true or false about them? Also, will a high flow filter increase gas mileage? If so by how much? Thanks

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 2/23/2008 12:00:07 PM

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I duno about the gas mileage, but the filter shouldn't a do a thing. All it's doing is allowing a lil bit more air, that's all. I don't have a problem.

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 2/25/2008 6:53:54 AM

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i compleatly removed my panel filter and just put a cone filter on my maf housing and a filter for the breather hose on my 1.8t and it runs great ive had no problems

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 2/25/2008 10:18:00 AM

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Yea but that defeats the purpose of "cold air". you are just sucking in hot air now that is swirling around the engine bay.

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 2/26/2008 8:10:11 AM

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thats why i got a heat sheild, its a bad idea to have one of the cold air intakes that put the filter down by the wheel wells where i live cause ive had several friends (not in vw's) suck up water and mess their engines all up. and my frontmount cools the hell out of my charge air anyways

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 7/19/2008 7:50:24 PM

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Yea but that defeats the purpose of "cold air". you are just sucking in hot air now that is swirling around the engine bay.

Cold air intakes for 1.8t are useless, the turbo heats up the air when it compresses it, thats what the intercooler is for. If you guys put a new k and n on it will be fine, the problems come about when people clean and re oil their filters with too much oil. This is when the maf fucks up. If you want real performance nothing beats a foam intake, try ITG...

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RE: K&N High Flow good or bad? - 7/20/2008 10:16:58 AM

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quote:

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ORIGINAL: bagel

Yea but that defeats the purpose of "cold air". you are just sucking in hot air now that is swirling around the engine bay.

Cold air intakes for 1.8t are useless, the turbo heats up the air when it compresses it, thats what the intercooler is for. If you guys put a new k and n on it will be fine, the problems come about when people clean and re oil their filters with too much oil. This is when the maf fucks up. If you want real performance nothing beats a foam intake, try ITG...