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#1 permalink BenzWorld Member
Date registered: Apr 2007
Vehicle: 2005 C230 Coupe
Location: Bronx, NY
Posts: 50
K&N filter in 2005 C230 Coupe?
I have an '05 C230 Coupe. Was thinking of putting the K&N air filter in it?
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#2 permalink BenzWorld W203 Host
Date registered: Aug 2002
Vehicle: C230K Sport Sedan
Location: The O.C.
Posts: 4,330
K&N filters are made to cheap and allow too much dust to get through and this can contaminate the MAF, it's been documented many times in many forums. To give you an idea how bad it is, K&N has documented on their website cases they tested and determined it's not true (what do you expect them to say?). Personally I don't think it's worth it.
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#3 permalink BenzWorld Extremist
Date registered: Jan 2007
Vehicle: 2003 C240 4Matic
Location: South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 811
I guess it is only a MB problem because I have sold plenty of them and have not heard anyone coming into problems with their cars. And I'm talking between 50 - 60 cars.
#4 permalink BenzWorld Newbie
Date registered: Jun 2007
Posts: 1
My mechanic said to avoid the K&N air filters because of the potential to screw up the MAF. Yes, they work great but the reason K&N air filters work so well is because they let so much through! I'll take the small performance hit rather than shell out the money for a MAF.
#5 permalink BenzWorld Elite
Date registered: Oct 2003
Vehicle: 1980 w123 230 "Sport", 2005 w203 230 Sport
Location: Outside of Buffalo,NY
Posts: 1,973
As Buell said...this has been hashed many times...it is a personal choice...like voting...
#6 permalink BenzWorld Junior Member
Date registered: Aug 2007
Vehicle: 2003 C230 Kompressor Coupe
Posts: 5
JC230,
#7 permalink BenzWorld Elite
Date registered: Oct 2003
Vehicle: 1980 w123 230 "Sport", 2005 w203 230 Sport
Location: Outside of Buffalo,NY
Posts: 1,973
Thanks...I try to keep it clean...
#8 permalink BenzWorld Member
Date registered: Apr 2007
Vehicle: 2002 c230K black coupe
Location: Québec
Posts: 113
I got mine in back in march and never had any probs. but I got a 2.3L might be different too.
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2002 c230K black coupe
bilstein and eibach, azenis 225-50-16, K&N filter, boost and air/fuel meter, Phillips H7 4000K light all around. Tinted windows, ZEX 100 shot.
75 shot=1/4 mile: 13.961@107.76
comming up: ASP pulley, crank pulley, ECU flash (powerchip), PSS9 coil over kit, big brake system, sway bars all around, brake lines, remus with supersprint headers, 255lph fuel pump...maybe 17''.
#9 permalink BenzWorld Member
Date registered: Nov 2006
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 87
Quote:
Originally Posted by BF_JC230
Thanks...I try to keep it clean...
YOu could eat off that undercarriage... I mean, if you were hungry while working on the car or something...
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