Oil filter K&N vs Honda

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I was also a victim of the k&n oil filter meltdown failure and will never use one again. I use a k&n air filter but won’t risk the oil filter failure again now that I’m aware. The recall wasn’t for a minor inconvenience. The failed filters simply dumped oil out through a failed weld where the nut was on the end of the filter housing and it didn’t come out in a trickle. It was sudden and all at once. I got lucky and mine happened while stopped. Others were less lucky and it happened while at speed and oil got in the rear tire and other parts of the bike. Now that I’m aware of the potential for catastrophe if that ever happened again it isn’t worth the risk for me. I just think it’s a design with a huge downside in a failure. I have never heard of a standard type filter failing in any way similar and with as much risk to causing an accident.


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