"If I get around to swapping out the air filter though, the price will go up.”

[All2kool]

Better get it now while it runs like crap. I wonder if the gaping crack in the intake tube has any effect on performance?

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/5300830374.html

And here's a cooker that had parts thrown at it.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/5301059182.html

 

[02LincLS]

Better get it now while it runs like crap.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/5300830374.html

And here's a cooker that had parts thrown at it.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/5301059182.html

Good stuff. He had it X number of miles and someone else presumably before him installed a K&N. Kind of implies no maintenance was ever done. Does the price double with an oil change?

I had a K&N on mine for quite a few years and never had oil get on the MAFS

The second car probably isnt that bad, just needs a degas tank by the sound of it. Maybe a couple more plastic pieces. I wish I had that issue instead of rotten rocker panels.

 

[All2kool]

...and someone else presumably before him installed a K&N.

The way he explains it, it sounds like someone snuck in that K&N Filter while he wasn't looking.

I bet you could convince the second owner that the car is a tow-away at $1500.

 

[Upstairs Chris]

300hp, and he doesn't even mentioned it's lowered.

 

[Rancor Keeper]

300hp, and he doesn't even mentioned it's lowered.

Or how it got a "low curb weight." Maybe he pulled the interior.

 

[Rancor Keeper]

I had a K&N on mine for quite a few years and never had oil get on the MAFS.

My K&N cai was on for less than a day when I started getting the P0172 code. I've cleaned my MAF several times, but that filter keeps getting it oily. If I swap the stock airbox & filter back in, code goes away. It's not an uncommon problem on the 3.9L - I see several T-bird owners mention it as well.

 

[G-RELL]

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/showthread.php?73896-Mlara1129-s-C-List-Finds/page152

 

[1LoudLS]

My K&N cai was on for less than a day when I started getting the P0172 code. I've cleaned my MAF several times, but that filter keeps getting it oily. If I swap the stock airbox & filter back in, code goes away. It's not an uncommon problem on the 3.9L - I see several T-bird owners mention it as well.

it is a common problem IF (and only if) there is too much oil placed on the filter.


clean your filter and barely oil it, problem solved.

 

[Telco]

it is a common problem IF (and only if) there is too much oil placed on the filter.


clean your filter and barely oil it, problem solved.

Better yet, ditch that POS K&N altogether. I don't know if Fords have the same problem but Chevy trucks that run these also develop a fine white powder in the intake, like dust is getting through the filter. K&N filters really are far more trouble than they're worth.

 

[LS4me]

The way he explains it, it sounds like someone snuck in that K&N Filter while he wasn't looking.

I bet you could convince the second owner that the car is a tow-away at $1500.

Maybe if he connected the intake tube (pic 5) it would run better.....

 

[Rancor Keeper]

clean your filter and barely oil it, problem solved.

I've never oiled it - this is the as-delivered condition. The Mopar blue conical filter for my Magnum is a similar size; I'm probably gonna ditch the K&N & put one of those on instead. They don't appear to be oiled so that should solve the problem.

 

[1LoudLS]

or just clean the extra oil off...



just saying, been running a K&N on the last three cars (two of which have been LSs) and not a single problem with any oil getting on the sensor. probably 150k-180k miles total between the three

 

[Upstairs Chris]

No issues with mine either.