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mudder110
13th July 2015, 07:14 AM
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
vnx205
13th July 2015, 07:21 AM
Dust around that wing nut is normal since that is on the outside of the filter.

Is there any dust downstream from the filter?
mudder110
13th July 2015, 07:29 AM
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 ?
vnx205
13th July 2015, 07:32 AM
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.
mudder110
13th July 2015, 07:38 AM
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
mudder110
13th July 2015, 08:17 AM
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
p38arover
13th July 2015, 09:01 AM
Threads merged, don't ask the same question in multiple areas.
mudder110
13th July 2015, 09:16 AM
Threads merged, don't ask the same question in multiple areas.
my apologies cheers