Thread: Air filter box td5

Yep, just pulls straight up, its only held by the rubber mounts that grip the legs.

The fiddly bit is the short oval flexi hose which is a bit of a pain.
You can see the legs in the piccy below.



On a side note, for all those who have a snorkel installed, that oval flexi hose (below) is actually "breathable", so you really should seal it up some how as the car can suck enough air (and water) through it if need be.



I did mine with some great stuff that was "laying" around at work. Its a self amalgamating tape, very clever stuff, it sticks to itself "somehow", but is not sticky to the touch, its made from silicone so is very tough to. I then went over the top of that with a wide insulation tape for the "black" look, sad I know but the light grey wasn't doing it for me in the engine bay lol





Not breathable no more , and the snorkel will easily "stall" the car if covered now.

Urban is on the mark.

I replaced mine a while back and got this advice from the good folk here.
Air Intake Housing Removal

all the best

Originally Posted by Urban Panzer

Yep, just pulls straight up, its only held by the rubber mounts that grip the legs.

The fiddly bit is the short oval flexi hose which is a bit of a pain.
You can see the legs in the piccy below.



On a side note, for all those who have a snorkel installed, that oval flexi hose (below) is actually "breathable", so you really should seal it up some how as the car can suck enough air (and water) through it if need be.



I did mine with some great stuff that was "laying" around at work. Its a self amalgamating tape, very clever stuff, it sticks to itself "somehow", but is not sticky to the touch, its made from silicone so is very tough to. I then went over the top of that with a wide insulation tape for the "black" look, sad I know but the light grey wasn't doing it for me in the engine bay lol





Not breathable no more , and the snorkel will easily "stall" the car if covered now.

Thanks for this mate, you just yourslf another cup off tea

Could explain water in the bottom of my air box not long ago

That tape you used is similar to some orange stuff sold here, I carry it to do temporary repairs on hoses ect,

Cheers

Thanks Alien d2,
My next post was going to mention the short comings of the air box.
I started off checking the earth wires for the ABS, but couldn't get at them well enough and tryed to remove the air box. When I got stumped with that I decided to check it for water tightness.
I tryed filling it with water but it flow out from the drain (derrr ) but also where the pipe enters the air box and a small raised piece in the bottom of the box it self. this is just to the side of the inlet. Ill try and post a pic soon.

Originally Posted by Zute

Thanks Alien d2,
My next post was going to mention the short comings of the air box.
I started off checking the earth wires for the ABS, but couldn't get at them well enough and tryed to remove the air box. When I got stumped with that I decided to check it for water tightness.
I tryed filling it with water but it flow out from the drain (derrr ) but also where the pipe enters the air box and a small raised piece in the bottom of the box it self. this is just to the side of the inlet. Ill try and post a pic soon.

yep know that to, seal it up with sealant on the outside



Then pop off the dump valve from the bottom (bit that protrudes into the wheel arch area) AND put some sort of plastic lid, or blank or what ever fits nicely inside the dump valve on the bottom, and seal that in there to !!!



I also added an extra waterproof foam strip all around the edge of the lid, makes it a much tighter fit on the filter etc. (one bit added in piccy)

Great stuff Urban, Now Ill have time to mow the grass LOL I couldnt have done a better job.

Wish I had found this earlier, I did a service on the car today and found I had received water, mud and dust in the air box. I also had some dust after the filter (see below)

So I removed it to clean it out and found that the flex pipe not only is porous but I could see through it.

I will now have to invest in some tape to fix it.

Also I changed the coopers air filter with a genuine Land Rover one. It not only is a tighter fit in the air box but has more surface area than the coopers. I think I will be only using the gen one from now on.

Then pop off the dump valve from the bottom (bit that protrudes into the wheel arch area) AND put some sort of plastic lid, or blank or what ever fits nicely inside the dump valve on the bottom, and seal that in there to !!!

why do you want to seal the drain valve?? its there to drain water out
you do realise that when the car is running that a small amount of air passes out the drain causing the soft rubber ends to vibrate keeping them clean and sealed up when the cars off.
also if you get that deep in water the pressure of the water will force the rubber lips closed.

cheers phil