K&N air fliters

[luvrbus]

A friend of mine has and Eagle 01 with a 8v92 he has a k&n lifetime air filter he was having problems blowing a lot of black smoke so we were checking the air filter and the filter had come apart and sucked up into the intake part of the cleaner housing does anyone know what would cause this problem he services it with the kit they sell for the filter this could have caused a major problem if had not been caught in time has anybody had this problem with this filter

[TomC]

This is one of the many reasons K&N does not make big filters for trucks/buses anymore.  Number one was that they were expensive to make since they were hand built.  If the filter got too dirty, then that could have pulled it apart.  I have a K&N on my big rig that I really liked, but many have said that the K&N just doesn't do the fine filtering that a good paper filter does, hence shortened engine life (which usually doesn't come up in a gasoline engine since they usually don't last long enough anyway). 
Clean out the intake passages real well and get a quality (Delco has been shown to be the best) paper element filter and call it a day.  Good Luck, TomC

[prevost82]

Too add to Tom's comments ... a 2stroke moves 2x the air through the filter as a 4 stoke does
Ron

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

I met the owner of K&N at the Harrington DE fmca Rally. He drives a Black 94 Prevost. He was from California.

He told me that he does make a filter for my 8V92 and asked for my e-mail address to send me the part #.

Well that was April and I never heard from him..

Nick-

[luvrbus]

Tom we took the hoses off to the turbo and used a shop vac and sealed it off and let it run for about 10 minutes i hope we got everthing out talked to a friend that worked for a large DD dealer in Houston for 30years and he said that he has seen 2 8v92s and 4 series 60 destroyed by that filter the person that own the Eagle services every couple of months we put a napa gold filter back in it

[rv_safetyman]

Nick, my guess is that you met Danny Allison.  He is not the owner, but was the rep. at trade shows.

Prior to coming back to K&N, he had a business selling a competing type of filter and the AERO muffler.

He was at the Memphis FMCA event in early May.  We chatted a bit and he said the he would see if they had a filter for my Series 60. 

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from our Professional RV Vendors group saying the Danny had passed away.  They did not give any details.

I am not sure if someone else will pick up the line for the RV market or not.

Jim

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Nick, my guess is that you met Danny Allison.  He is not the owner, but was the rep. at trade shows.

Prior to coming back to K&N, he had a business selling a competing type of filter and the AERO muffler.

He was at the Memphis FMCA event in early May.  We chatted a bit and he said the he would see if they had a filter for my Series 60. 

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from our Professional RV Vendors group saying the Danny had passed away.  They did not give any details.

I am not sure if someone else will pick up the line for the RV market or not.

Jim

Jim,
Wow. Sorry to hear that... No wonder I didn't hear from him!
Jim, I gotta get intoutch with you being inneed of 2 more wheel sensors for the PP system.
Thanks
Nick-