Thread: Puma Air Box Seal - Advice Pls

Looks like the lids in the wrong rotation or it's the wrong lid.

Hi Chook,

My one looks exactly the same. I've pulled the air filter cover off and the residual marking on the orange rubber seal shows that the cover is fitting and sealing correctly. I'd just check the filter cover is down correctly all around the filter box. (By the way, the cover is a pig to refit!).

Cheers,

Tim

Definitely the right way around, as Tim says its a pig to fit and will only go on one way.

Tim thanks for that, I did remove it and check that a bit hadn't broken off, it just seems really odd that it would not seal externally.

Cheers
Iain

Don't think I would be driving through any water with that!!

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Don't think I would be driving through any water with that!!

The air box is completly sealed with the lid in that position, (apart from the drains in the bottom of the box!). The orange part showing is the rubber seal part of the filter and is in complete contact with the air box and the lid.

The only problem is that the rubber used in air filters has a habit of degrading quickly when exposed to a harsh environment,and the breaking apart


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I think the stock airbox in the puma is rubbish... i have planned to scrap mine eventually in favour of a custom airbox/filter arrangement. I removed mine when installing the snorkell now i cant get it to mount back in its original bottom mounts, they are about an inch or so over from where they should be! good ol defender manafacturing tolerances i guess.

I also noticed it doesnt seem to seal very well, the top and bottom sections dont match up very well and now mine doesnt sit back in its original mounts it fowls on the gaurd.

There should be a metal clip on each side that pulls the lid tight and seals it up. These seem to be missing from yours. Your dealer should have some instock as they can warp out of shape during refitting.You will know if the air filter lid is on correctly and sealed, as if not the engine sounds completely different. If you need pictures of the clips I'll take a photo and put it up unless someone beats me to it.