A friend of mine was stationed at Subic Bay P.I. at the time Mount
Pinatubo erupted.  His car at the time had all of it paint burned off, and
driving it around after it was over with all the dust caused his oil to turn
to concrete and ruin the motor.
    I remember him commenting on the K&N I installed in my van, that after
the eruption about the only thing moving on the base were all the "hot rods"
with the K&N filters installed.
    Needless to say that he puts on in every new vehicle that he gets.

Jason M. Yasment
'84 Westfalia 140k mi (and holding for the winter)
'98 Jetta TDI 54k miles
Troy, NY
Lat: 42� 41' 51" N Lon: 73� 41' 17" W
http://yasment.100megsfree.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hunter" <EVEHART33@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: K&N filter/Mt St Helens

> Ilived in NE Portland when the volcano blew. Emergency and police vehicles
> had to improvise by mounting dual stage industrial aircleaners outside the
> windows and high up. Lots of duct tape. Standard paper airfilters clogged
> quickly and the fine silica ash found it's way into many engines. As
Stuart
> mentioned the stock VW oilbath filter worked great. The Amsoil oilsoaked
foam
> air filters seemed to work well also and dealers quickly sold out of them.
> Driving through volcanic ash is the worst air filtration test I could
> imagine. I can't comment on K&Ns back then but I use them now. I "think"
they
> are better because of the oil impregnation. Kudos to Bill Davidson for
asking
> for proof of performance and for "questioning authority", however.
>
> Ken Hunter
> 82 Westy 1.9D
> 84 Jetta 1.5D
>

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