Thread: tee in accessories on EAS system

Originally Posted by prelude

Would these dry the air as well as our inline dryers? It seems to me that the item you posted does not remove all the moisture from the air and the range rovers dryer, due to the filling, removes practically everything.

I was looking at one of these, these are used in applications like spray painting since any moist in there will ruin your coating

http://content2.smcetech.com/pdf/IDG-A_EU.pdf

Am I beeing overzealous? (if that is the correct word for it)

-P

I think you may be a little over zealous I have never heard of a problem with moisture in the EAS. You can get desiccant kits from various suppliers if you find the desiccant is crumbling or failing.

Steve

I don't know if it's still here or not, but I've done this twice over my P38ing!

First one, I installed a second OEM compressor in the engine bay and ran it in parallel with the factory one, teed in at the air dryer. I then took the drain plug out of the air tank, fitted a ball valve (to prevent losing air in a mishap), and ran air lines to the engine bay and load compartment for inflating and what not.

This time around I fitted an ARB compressor behind the rear seats, running through a secondary P38 Air Dryer (located under the parcel tray area above the right hand wheel arch - out of sight inside that panel), which then runs to a valve at the air tank. This allows me to fill the EAS tank with the ARB compressor if needed. I've also run a line from a T-piece at the tank to the engine bay for inflation, etc.

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

I don't know if it's still here or not, but I've done this twice over my P38ing!

This time around I fitted an ARB compressor behind the rear seats, running through a secondary P38 Air Dryer (located under the parcel tray area above the right hand wheel arch

Mate

I know that the factory system does this, from PaulP38's site;

"When exhausting from the air springs, air passes back through the dryer in the opposite direction to flush out moisture through the exhaust port on the valve block."

So you may find your desiccant gets pretty wet if the air is only going one way !

Nice setup though, I'll copy a couple of those ideas

Steve

Originally Posted by Scouse

The regulator/filter I posted is the type I use for spray painting.

The factory drier is nothing fancy, it's just filled with decisant.

Yes the spray painting ones are an oil/moisture filter which still need to be flushed pretty often, i'm not sure how useful they would be under the bonnet.

As i posted a minute ago, the factory system does a reverse flush on it's dryer, which is a neat trick

Steve

I recently did the same thing you're suggesting, though I ran a larger compressor in parallel to the eas one - when pumping up my tires it took a very long time even with the airtank full to begin with.

I've since gone back to using my portable compressor as it's a lot quicker.

I run a regulator set at 90psi for both lockers from a pipe connected to the airtank, though I've T piece in line 6 near the valve block for the manual over ride valves - in that regard I don't think it makes much difference.