K&N intake or not?

[Interco37]

I have a K&N cold air intake and was wondering what this is doing for my engine? Check engine light was on this week and Ford said it is related to the K&N,BUT it has been on the truck for 64,000 miles and hasent had any problems before.They just sold me the truck with a $2,500.00 extended warranty should I have them install the factory system to protect my warranty?

[2006PSDSD]

To protect your turbo, replace that kit. You can use a OE system, or something like the AFE filter system .

[Interco37]

Thats all I needed to hear. Thanks

[2006PSDSD]

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[smokersteve]

NOT. If you really want an AM intake get S&B.

[snap]

Love my AFE

[obsidian]

I personally love the fact that my K&N gives me hp/tq and it is a hell of a lot cheaper to clean the intake filter than to keep buying those stock donaldson filters.

I also don't go mudding or really anything else that would throw crud all over my filter. And I check it regularly.

[headviking]

How often did you change the OEM filter? They should be good for about 30-50K, depending where you drive (dirt roads).

[wildfingas]

Originally Posted by headviking

How often did you change the OEM filter? They should be good for about 30-50K, depending where you drive (dirt roads).

not for nothing its still 65 bucks every 30k when you can clean most intake kits.

[Irish4]

Originally Posted by Interco37

I have a K&N cold air intake and was wondering what this is doing for my engine? Check engine light was on this week and Ford said it is related to the K&N,BUT it has been on the truck for 64,000 miles and hasent had any problems before.They just sold me the truck with a $2,500.00 extended warranty should I have them install the factory system to protect my warranty?

I have seen many comments on another forum saying specifically K&N filters are the worst because they supposedly release a lot of the oil and it screws up the turbo (don’t know if this is an urban legend) . I have seen an article that discussed tests that K&N did to respond to the accusation that their filters cause check engine lights. Their testing did not show any negative impact on the engine. I also seem to remember seeing that K&N guarantees that their filters will not damage your engine. Not sure how accurate this info is but you could probably contact K&N on that.

As for the warranty issue, look into the Magnuson (I’ve seen it spelled with two “S”s too)-Moss Act. Basically the dealer/Ford has to show that the aftermarket part caused any damage/failure. I think K&N will help you with this if the dealer tries to deny coverage due to having one of their intakes