K&N air filter ruins transmissions?????

[timbodavo]

Just thought id ask the question guys. I am trying to sell my vs exchaser. Yesterday a guy who looked at it said that those k&n pod air filters bugger up the autos. :-/ Any thoughts on how and why?

[wraith]

Biggest load of horse crap mate. An air filter won't bugger up the auto at all. He's just trying to get you worried in the hope you lower the price.

[deanos70]

never heard of that with the auto

have heard of them clogging up the air flow meter a bit if too much recharge fluid is put on the filter

[timbodavo]

Yeh agreed agreed, ive been a mechanic for nearly 11 years working on all makes and models, old, new, japanese, european, australian everything. This cowboy worked at holden for 20 years he reckons. Certainly had me scratchin me head goin wtf?

[soop]

HAhahaha, agreed. How does the air filter effect the transmission?

[Asmodai78]

just tell he it will get a new transmission if he buys and just clean the tranny up to make it look a new one

[Andrew426]

I would suggest that he didnt mean the filter its self ruins the transmission, but the kind of owner who would fit a K&N pod is the kind who would thrash the life out of a car and wreck the trans.

Just a thought, Id be extremely weary of a car that had a pod on it - and the auto trans is the weakest link on most commodores.

[hsv91ss]

lol if that is true my mate should have gone through several autos by now, he has been running a POD for at least 6 Years or more.

[HamaTime™]

The guy who worked at holden for 20 years who told you this was probably QuickVRII95...sounds like another random piece of garbage he would come up with.

[aussiesport]

lol its true !!! if ya run a pod you are far more likely to do burnouts and stik drop starts etc so in a way he is rite

[timbodavo]

What a tool eh guys! It is a stupid air filter as all it does is pullin hot engine bay air but hey im not spending couple hundred bucks 2 replace something some previous owner threw over their shoulder.

[wraith]

Lol @ pod = thrashing. What sort of tosser says that.

[Matty.b]

out of curiosity how did you guys find it (pod filters) effected your fuel economy?

[TI3VOM]

never heard of that with the auto

have heard of them clogging up the air flow meter a bit if too much recharge fluid is put on the filter

I have heard this as well, when this happens it affects the gearshifts somehow, which may put strain on the gearbox!!

[RiCeY]

Anyone that believes an air filter can destroy an auto trans should send me $1000 in cash and I will send you a new VE SS-V.

[DLFHUB666]

What a tool eh guys! It is a stupid air filter as all it does is pullin hot engine bay air but hey im not spending couple hundred bucks 2 replace something some previous owner threw over their shoulder.

Pods are better than the standed setup only suck hot air when the car is staitionary. otr FTW

[soop]

wut??????

Pods are crap.

[RiCeY]

Pods are fine if they are enclosed and seperated from the engine bay or running an intercooler.

[DLFHUB666]

YANK got 1. Well it was about 3 years ago now but i got better fuel economy an it was a little quicker from 0-100 as well over the standed setup on my ls1 vx cant remember exact numbers now .Also had the k&n pipe an box as well not the standred bumpy 1 sorry cant think of the word.

[soop]

Pods are fine if they are enclosed and seperated from the engine bay or running an intercooler.

All that effort and you've got exactly what you had with the standard airbox...

[VT-565]

But air goes into the engine to make torque and torque goes into the transmission through the torque converter and then into the valvebody and into the planetary and causes global warming in china

[RiCeY]

All that effort and you've got exactly what you had with the standard airbox...

Not if the pod filter has a higher flow rate due to increased surface area and material used.

[bloodyricho]

cold air intake to a K&N flat filter in your standard air box = best. pod = dirty hot air intake = leaned out motor + wanker that installed it = thrashed engine and box! the guy was only half right! lol

[greenacc]

and I heard that pods ruin diff belts and and cause uneven wear on the windscreen

[aussiesport]

sheesh you guys cant see the tyres for all the burning clutch plate, if you have a pod you will no doubt be a hoon and do skids ! so the longer you do a skid for the more smoke it creates and the more smoky iar gets sucked into the pod therefore you enigne is running on recycled tyres and is doing some good for the ozone layer