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Hi All.
While doing my service today I opened up the airbox to check the filter. The element wadding looked grey. Towards the edges it looks like it might have been white originally. Having never seen a new one, is the original colour gey or white? If it's white I guess I need a new one. Does anybody know how much they cost for a K3 650 for a Suzuki original. How much would a K&N set me back? Has anybody fitted one of these without upseting the fuelling? I don't really want to go the expense of having to make fuelling adjustments. Many thanks Tim |
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How many miles have you done on the bike since you bought it / since the last service?
A quick check in the owners handbook should tell you what to replace and when to replace it. HTH.
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Suzuki one is £15-20, K&N is around £40-45, though the K&N is supposed to last forever. Mine also looks very grey - K3 on 9000 miles. I have been blasting it out with air every now and again, which gets rid of leaves and the like, but I think it's almost up for a change. 11,000 miles I think, is the official change point.
I'd be curious also regarding the fuelling as I would prefer to spend the extra and buy an aftermarket one as well. |
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I Just got charged £17.50 + vat for one in my 7500 mile service
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i'm in two minds weather to buy a K N but i didn't want to spend £40 and screw up the fuelling
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have you got a k+n at the mo law.
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In the relatively clean environment in the UK, air filters will last a lot longer than the recommended service interval.
Yes they will look grey, what do you expect from something designed to catch dust from the air going through it? ![]() You have to put quite a lot of dust into a filter to appreciably increase the pressure drop, what used to really hit them hard was in the days of "smog" when there was a lot of wet soot in the air. All things being equal a stock filter will be fine for 20k miles at least, but if it makes you feel happier then replace it, there's no harm to be done. ![]() I always use OE filters on road vehicles, I know what standards the vehicle manufacturers work to but I've never seen any technical analysis of filtration efficiency for the K&N etc types, I suspect it depends a lot on how well/frequently they are serviced. Road dust is a very effective grinding paste when mixed with oil on the cylinder walls. |
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