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  1. 13th July 2015, 07:14 AM #1
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    loose air cleaner element

    morning all I have a question hope someone can help, I have a 300tdi defender 360,000ks on the clock.
    I have just done a oil change at 10,000ks normally do them at 5000 but am doing highway driving mainly to work after the oil change I went to change the air filter found it was lose there was a fair amount of dust accumulated at the front of the filter and some around the wing nut and washer should I expect there has been damage to the engine and how can I check I should have checked the air cleaner before I changed the oil any replies appreciated cheers all
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  2. 13th July 2015, 07:21 AM #2
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    Dust around that wing nut is normal since that is on the outside of the filter.

    Is there any dust downstream from the filter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vnx205 View Post
    Dust around that wing nut is normal since that is on the outside of the filter.

    Is there any dust downstream from the filter?
    no seemed clean ?
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    Maybe no dust got past.

    How loose was it? Since it seals against a rubber seal at the back of the filter, it need not feel rock solid for the seal to do its job. The rubber allows a tiny bit of movement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vnx205 View Post
    Maybe no dust got past.

    How loose was it? Since it seals against a rubber seal at the back of the filter, it need not feel rock solid for the seal to do its job. The rubber allows a tiny bit of movement.
    not shaking around lose but felt a slight movement in the element when I checked took about two or three turns to get a tight fit cheers
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    lose air cleaner element

    hi all posted this on tech chatter, thought I would ask here as well, did a 10,000k service on my 300tdi defender 360.000ks on the clock.
    after changing the oil went to change the air filter element to find a fair amount of dust around the wing nut checked the fitment, the filter seemed lose slight clunk when I moved it took two to three turns of the wing nut to get it firm should I be worried about ingress of dust and how can I check cheers all
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
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