About air breathers ??
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About air breathers ??
I have a 78 Bronco 400 C6 with an oil-bath type air breather. Does anyone else have one that knows if they are better than paper types? Also... does anyone have experience with those K&M filters? Are they worth the money (I also have a 74 f100 360 with a paper filter breather.)
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About air breathers ??
i have recently bought a 4" deep dish crome plated air breather from mr.gasket though a parts store in winnipeg. it has moer power now. also i like the look. more crome 
id go for it. there not really good in cold weatehr like snow and stuff tho. for the summer they rock tho 
id go for it. there not really good in cold weatehr like snow and stuff tho. for the summer they rock tho 
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About air breathers ??
Hi,
I don't know if the oil bath breathers are better or not, I have never had one.
Just my opinion, but I think the K&N filters are a waste of money.
Unless you run the motor > 5000 RPM often/for great lenghts of time, they are not needed.
Also, when I tried one in my truck it cause it to run too lean during the winter, had to re-adjust the carb. I went back to the good ol' FOMOCO paper filter.
You could try searching the archives, this has been discussed in detail before if you want more opinions.
my .02 cents,
-Brents
I don't know if the oil bath breathers are better or not, I have never had one.
Just my opinion, but I think the K&N filters are a waste of money.
Unless you run the motor > 5000 RPM often/for great lenghts of time, they are not needed.
Also, when I tried one in my truck it cause it to run too lean during the winter, had to re-adjust the carb. I went back to the good ol' FOMOCO paper filter.
You could try searching the archives, this has been discussed in detail before if you want more opinions.
my .02 cents,
-Brents
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About air breathers ??
I have a 78 F-150 that has an oil bath air cleaner. It came factory that way.
I don't know if it is any better, but it seems to work pretty good and I never have to buy any paper elements. It collects dirt, bugs and just about everything else.
I think they may have been sold for extremely dusty areas or maybe to the highway departments and such. They used to put them on a lot of trucks years ago. They are a little messy when change the oil in them, and I figure the EPA might have had a little bit to do with their demise because of having to get rid of the old oil.
I wouldn't get rid of it. It might be collectible some day.
I am going to have to make a short spacer for mine because it hits the float adjustment on the Holley carb I recently put on. But I'm thinking about keeping it instead of buying an open element filter even if it's just for nostagia's sake.
I don't know if it is any better, but it seems to work pretty good and I never have to buy any paper elements. It collects dirt, bugs and just about everything else.
I think they may have been sold for extremely dusty areas or maybe to the highway departments and such. They used to put them on a lot of trucks years ago. They are a little messy when change the oil in them, and I figure the EPA might have had a little bit to do with their demise because of having to get rid of the old oil.
I wouldn't get rid of it. It might be collectible some day.
I am going to have to make a short spacer for mine because it hits the float adjustment on the Holley carb I recently put on. But I'm thinking about keeping it instead of buying an open element filter even if it's just for nostagia's sake.
