Dennis;
You may recall that I became a Yanmar & Cummins certified diesel technician while I was doing technical training in the industrial equipment industry. As a result I abhor dust. A factory or an dusty work yard are a lot more severe than the environment in our engine compartment, but even a small amount of dust can play hell with the valves and the rings of a diesel engine. The forklift manufacturer I worked for spent several hundred thousand dollars replacing “dusted” Cummins engines that resulted from a small crack in the air intake hose that resulted from improper assembly. Consequently I wanted to eliminate the oiled metal filter on the Universal M35B in Imzadi. Just happens that the Beta diesels are based on the same Kubota engines as the Universals – at least for the recent models. The 4 cylinder 35HP Beta is the same basic Kubota engine as my M35B. Ditto for the three cylinder engines. I bought a Beta Marine air cleaner housing (which was a bit pricey) which uses a replaceable automotive paper air cleaner element. Not as cheap as the K&N alternative, but you might want to look into that. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 3:57 PM To: Paul Wyand <miatap...@gmail.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com>; CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Air filter for Kubota based diesels Paul, that's interesting. More research turned up this: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html Doesn't speak highly of K&N filters. Hmmmm. Dennis C.
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