K&N Oil Filters BEWARE!!!

[davidsargee_imp]

davidsargee , I am glad to see that you and your bike were able to recover from this incident safely... I guess we have to just stick with OEM filters... Did you notice any warnings for low oil pressure light during this incident?

I did not, but I was busy trying to get across the freeway to the exit, then I shut the engine down and coasted. I should have looked for that but frankly, I reacted more than thought about what I was doing. When the rear wheel started spinning was when I knew I was leaking oil, next thought was to kill the engine asap.

I am riding again after a good thorough cleanup and there have been no signs of internal damage. I'm watching the oil level very closely, it hasn't changed. Knock on wood, I think the bike is alright.

Just saw this thread and was surprised to hear that this is common problem. I too used a K&N filter at my first oil change and ended up with a leak. Caught it pretty quickly when I noticed oil drips on my garage floor. Now it's only Honda OEM parts for any maintenance!

Me too,

I never though the nut attached like that. I always though it was a normal spin-on filter with the nut tack welded onto the top. From that pic it looks like the weld around the nut actually has to seal a hole in the top of the filter.

You should send the pics and info to K&N. I doubt they will do anything, but if they get enough submissions hopefully it will ecourage them to reengineer their product.

I have been told that the weld is sometimes too hot, creating a pin-hole, this washes out and causes the nut assembly to pull away from the housing. I have debated sending K&N a nice email with pictures, and I might, but it is so easy to find all of the accounts of troubles with a simple internet search, I can only conclude that they know all about it. They need to pull that product from the shelves before someone gets killed, I hope that is not what it takes.