The K&N Filter is an oiled cloth type filter. The
recharger kit you mentioned is a cleaning and
re-oiling kit. The AIR filter is OILED! and must be
kept so.

--- fortinoj@speakeasy.net wrote:
> not like heavy air, i just blow with my mouth, it
> will
> not mess the engine up, maybe we are not on the same
> wave lenth in the parts dept.. :) i was talking
> about in air box
> filter
>
> not OIL filter AIR filter.
>
> peace
> Joe
>
> On 15 Jan 2003, Ian X wrote:
>
> > Blowing the filter out with air is a sure way
> > to ruin an engine. Once the oil is out of the
> > filter it is like a bug screen rather than a
> > filter. A friend of mine ruined an engine by
> > using a K breather filter(same media as the
> > intake filters) and not keeping it oiled,
> > silica passed, got into the oil and then the
> > main bearings. With 4k on the fresh engine it
> > needed new main bearings.
> >
> >
> > --- Joseph Fortino
> > <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET> wrote:
> > > hello anyone use the above subject, i have a
> > > K filter sounds like the recharger would
> > > help the life of the filter? i've just been
> > > blowing it out with air.
> > >
> > > thanks much Joe blow
> >
> >
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> >
> > Ian
> >
> > KB9ZHZ
> >
> > 90 Westy Syncro, Cannot get the SVX power
> > soon enough!
> >
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