Thread: air filters td5

Had mine out the other week, spotless, no dust past the air filter and have never noticed this as a problem in 5 years.

not in big red.

nothing oil or dust wise where it shouldnt be.

Yep, mine has done this. It really ****es me off knowing that dust has gone through the engine. The filter feels firm when it goes in, but doesn't always hold the seal for some reason. The lid of the airbox also has a lip on it which can snag if you're not careful, but they leak despite checking this.

Yep, same here.

To me the concept is wrong. The filter should be into the lid and not the bucket.

The way it is now there is too much risk of the lid not being secured properly and allowing air to slip pass the seal and therefore into your engine unfiltered.

Maybe another rubber seal should be put into the bucket to fill the gap.

Originally Posted by Feral

Maybe another rubber seal should be put into the bucket to fill the gap.

That's excatly what I did and it seems to have worked.......need to change the seal agian soon though as it's squashed down a fair bit over time.

yep, quite a bit of dust getting past my Td5 filter. Initially used some white teflon grease to get a better seal, but this is messy and I was worried about any effect on sensors. Have now inserted a twin-lipped rubber seal (used to stop drafts around doors) into airbox top which works fine.

I have found the same and brought it up a while ago.JustinC suggested it was common,his tip was to use rubber grease on the seal,fixes the problem.
Andrew

I have had heaps of problems with dust getting past the air filter on our D2 TD5 ever since new. It would only take say 10kms of reasonably dusty road for the air filter to become totally clogged and let dust through into the engine. I checked all of the seals in the air box which all worked fine.

I finally tracked the problem down to where the air was drawn from. The air box draws air from the gap between the inner and outer guard. The problem was that the front of void between the inner and outer guard (near the headlight) is mostly blocked by a plastic baffle. This meant that the air was drawn from the rear of the void right at the bottom rear of the guard. This is a perfect position to collect ALL dust that was thrown up by the front wheel. I made an air pipe (from 90mm stormwater pipe) that connected to the inlet as it came through the inner guard and directly drew air from behind the headlight. I have had no problems with dust in the filter since.

Now our D2 in standard except for a TJM bullbar, which did require removal of the front bumper. I am baffled though how our D2 picked up so much dust, but I have not heard of this issue with others????