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Huza

Member Since: 26 May 2014
Location: Muscat-Oman
Posts: 7

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Vesuvius Orange

K&N Air filters

To be or not to be with K&N air filter on my newly acquired RRSS, have on my P38 HSE 4.6 are there any issue with them on the RRSS?

Tue Jun 24 2014 5:33am

Bobby

Member Since: 07 Jun 2005
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Posts: 3781

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Chawton White

No issues at all. Malaysia Boleh!
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Larini Sports Exhaust, K&N Air Filter
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Tue Jun 24 2014 9:02am

Huza

Member Since: 26 May 2014
Location: Muscat-Oman
Posts: 7

Thanks for your info

Tue Jun 24 2014 9:51am

SCdavies

Member Since: 28 Dec 2010
Location: south coast
Posts: 324

2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Zambezi Silver

Agree. I ve run k&n on my RRs for years. No issues. Just don't over oil them.

Tue Jun 24 2014 7:28pm

designboy

Member Since: 03 Feb 2014
Location: whitehead co antrim
Posts: 338

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Lux Stornoway Grey

Do they offer much difference to the OEM?

Wed Jun 25 2014 12:16am

Huza

Member Since: 26 May 2014
Location: Muscat-Oman
Posts: 7

Once again, thanks for your replies, as said have one in my P38 & my Mustang. We have to cope with hot air & sand dust I clean them 3 months, Cheers Guys

Wed Jun 25 2014 4:04am

Streaky

Member Since: 31 May 2010
Location: Dubai
Posts: 259

2008 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Alaska White

I see that you are in Muscat Oman.

For use in Europe then the K&N's are fine but over here in the Middle East where we have a much higher concentration of dust and sand in the air I don't recommend 'Hi Flow' air filters which by design allow more air & damaging sand particles into the engine.
The MAF on your car can also get damaged (burn out) by minute traces of the sticky oil used to trap dust on the filters mesh.
I've opened up a few Rover V8 race engines here in Dubai that used the K&N's and you'd be amazed at just how much fine sand gets through the gauze of these filters. One engine had close to a cup full of sandy silt in the sump and the only way it got into the engine was via the air filter!
I don't use them on any of my cars now so if you want to do something about cleaner air for your car then fit a raised air intake snorkel.

The increase in performance is not worth the cost of the engine IMHO. Ra-Ro Sport Super Dooper Charged.
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Sun Jun 29 2014 1:14pm

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8987

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

According to figures shown by a tuner that sponsors this site, K&N filters don't give a performance boost over the standard filter anyway. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Sun Jun 29 2014 3:19pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 4403

2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged HSE Santorini Black

As above. A new OEM filter every service

Sun Jun 29 2014 3:53pm

Huza

Member Since: 26 May 2014
Location: Muscat-Oman
Posts: 7

Thank you guys for all the info, I will stick to the GCC spec as Streaky advised

Mon Jun 30 2014 4:09am

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