Thread: Puma Air Box Seal - Advice Pls

The biggest problem with the Puma air filter is that the position was an afterthought. Who in their right mind would position it in an un-servicable position. These filters were notorious for leaking air past the filter in earlier Defenders and D2s, when you could actually see what you were doing when replacing it.

As mentioned previously, the original filter ducting is a piece of rubbish. being quite restrictive and not possible to seal as sikaflex products don't adhere to the type of plastic well.

I spent a lot of effort and lowered the airbox by about 40mm to allow slightly better access, still not ideal. The area is so cluttered that it is difficult to re-position or install a different filter. Also installed a larger flexible line to the air intake position

There is a bit of a write-up on how we lowered the filter - a huge undertaking, including replacing the plastic composite inner guard with a metal inner guard etc etc.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...roject-19.html

More on earlier and later pages as well




Erich

Had a chat with ARE and looked at some straight silicon tube but it is not at all flexible which woud mean using lots of elbows, joiners and clamps..not for me.

Originally Posted by nugge t

Had a chat with ARE and looked at some straight silicon tube but it is not at all flexible which woud mean using lots of elbows, joiners and clamps..not for me.

That was my concern, I would rather minimise the joins.

I brought a mantec snorkel a while back not realizing how it sealed onto the guard. Not being happy with it I went to my local plastic welding guy and he welded a plate and section of pipe at just the right angle to clear the abs on my td5 defender. It was a little mucking round but the end result was a very solid and water tight system that has just survived four weeks in cape york last year. I was a bit unsure of the plastic welding but with a boiler making back ground once i saw the process i was very confident it would work. Having said this I would still prefer the genuine safari snorkel over the mantec i believe the 8v option has the ducted plumbing not sure if i clears the ABS though. First time poster.