Surfriding K&N Dry charger reliability and maintanence

[Nuklear6]

Ive always been a firm believe in staying with stock flame arrestors for anything being run in salt water. I do however like the idea of an open filter flame arrestor. I know there are tons of "pre filters" available for just about any kind of filter ever made. I just recently realized that the K&N "drycharger" is a silicone treated pre filter that is supposed to keep a large majority of any ingested water out of the carbs. No where ,including k&n's website, is there any info of what maintenance is best for the dry charger. I wonder if cleaning it like a normal pre filter will lessen the effect of the silicone treatment. Anyone have any info on these feel free to post both for or against. Also interested how long the "treatment" is expected to last.

 

[ntrsspray]

Ive always been a firm believe in staying with stock flame arrestors for anything being run in salt water. I do however like the idea of an open filter flame arrestor. I know there are tons of "pre filters" available for just about any kind of filter ever made. I just recently realized that the K&N "drycharger" is a silicone treated pre filter that is supposed to keep a large majority of any ingested water out of the carbs. No where ,including k&n's website, is there any info of what maintenance is best for the dry charger. I wonder if cleaning it like a normal pre filter will lessen the effect of the silicone treatment. Anyone have any info on these feel free to post both for or against. Also interested how long the "treatment" is expected to last.

Man the world must be changing lol

Chuck if they are the same style we use on the race boats the cover is a silicone infused materiel and will eventually wear away depends on its contact with water or worse fuel. Boats can see 3-5 out of them.

Basing this on they are the same thing


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[BruceSki]

They suck once they get clogged with salt. Freshwater you are probably fine though.

 

[Nuklear6]

They suck once they get clogged with salt. Freshwater you are probably fine though.

How long is it before they get clogged with salt? Season/ half a season? Would weekly/bi weekly cleaning keep the salt residue for clogging up? Im still interested in what proper cleaning maintenance would be to keep the silicone treatment present....

 

[BruceSki]

Not 100% sure on time limit but I hate extra maintenance on a surf boat. I break enough as it is. Lol.

 

[Crab]

Its been said before, if you keep water away from the carbs, you really don't need em!