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Old 10-17-2019, 10:21 AM   #43
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I'm never going to run a k&n ever again! Quick story. My dad, a good friend, and I all bought Fiat Abarths from a dealer with some sick discounts (mine was $17k). We all drove them in the same manner with about the same mileage, but I added a better intake which used a much larger K&N. I kept it fairly clean and ended up getting a new K&N after 50k miles.
By 90k miles my car was consuming 2 quarts of oil between oil changes due to additional blow by. My dad and buddy were not consuming much oil between changes. I took good care of that engine with the best synthetic oils too. The only difference being that damn K&N and the larger particulates that it allowed into my engine!
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Old 10-17-2019, 12:06 PM   #44
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timely info, thanks for that. how did you determine blow by?
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Old 10-17-2019, 09:28 PM   #45
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timely info, thanks for that. how did you determine blow by?
I thought it was a bad pcv, amongst other things which I replaced. Scoping the cylinder walls, noticed more wear in regards to less cross hatching, compared to the other two cars. My car ran fine and so I didn't want to do a compression test because if I would have found lower compression, I know I would have rebuilt the entire motor.

Running three of the same cars, in the same area, with the same mileage, and the only difference being an aftermarket K&N. My car showed signs of compression loss (oil consumption, slightly worse fuel mileage).
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