Thread: The Air Filter Poll

I use the stock item on the Fender, replace it every 10000kms, snorkel, no sock, its never got any crud in it.AAAND I drive on a lot of dirt roads.

Originally Posted by rick130

G'day Ben, hope you don't mind me quoting you like that.

And if anyone is silly enough to want to use a K&N that fits a Defender 300Tdi housing, PM me, only 20,000km use 5 years ago before I went back to Doanldson and Fleetguard elements.

No worries Rick.

If you (and others) are interested - if you want to send me the K&N and a Donaldson filter for a 300Tdi, I can do a test of both and send them back.

p.s. - the test would only be initial (clean) loadings - so the donaldson filter would still be usable afterwards.

Original gear.
I recently put 2x pod type filters on the landie V8 and it ran awful, so I sent it off to get tuned - it was down on power.
The specialist wanted all the original filter tubes and gear to put back on as he said "these bloody pommie engines need the airflow resistance ( cant remember the term- I'm having a senior moment). It runs mainly on Lpg and needed a new converter.

Having opened up a couple of knackered V8's that were running K&N's...I swiftly removed mine and went back to the OEM Rover filters.

We took a tea-cup full of powdered silt from one engines sump....

I have a K&N on my high performance engine but would love to modify an air box to accept a regular paper filter. It's just been rebuilt 10,000km ago and I'm worried how long it will last.

Whats this 'Sock' that you guys are refering to? I have a Mantec Snorkel on my Disco with a regular paper filter, no issues to dates...but I'm all ears about these sock thingies.

Would it benifit me putting an old pair of nylon tights over the K&N cone filter? Ideas?

Cheers and regards.

S.

thanks for creating this poll
i had been using oil type filters
some of the posts (read rants) in this thread have convinced me to turf the oiler and go back to a paper filter (hmm, autobarn on the way to work tomorrow sounds good), till i can get round to fitting a better housing.. anybody recommend a replacement filter housing that will go in a 300tdi disco without too much stuffing around??
ill stick up for ya incisor... (suck.... grovel..... )

isuzurover - i can vollunteer a k&n for a 300tdi disco, as soon as i get the sucker out, pm me if you want

I use the standard paper filter on my 94 V8 Disco (175k). However I had a K&N filter on my 4ZE1 Rodeo for about 4 years. I never had any trouble with it that I could tell but I didn't get one for the Disco after reading things about dusting and oiled air flow meters.

I use the Disco in dusty conditions (being in dry Qld) and after a day in a dusty area I pull out the paper filter and tap it out.
Would love a snorkel that I could put one of those round dust collecting things on though. Like on our bulldozers and excavators.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

No worries Rick.

If you (and others) are interested - if you want to send me the K&N and a Donaldson filter for a 300Tdi, I can do a test of both and send them back.

p.s. - the test would only be initial (clean) loadings - so the donaldson filter would still be usable afterwards.

that would be cool. Can organise a new Donaldson. The K&N has 20,000km worth of crap on it and I don't have a cleaning kit, and to be fair it should be cleaned and re-oiled.

Can someone volunteer a new OE element, pt # ESR2623 as well, just to give us a base line ?

Originally Posted by streaky

Whats this 'Sock' that you guys are refering to? I have a Mantec Snorkel on my Disco with a regular paper filter, no issues to dates...but I'm all ears about these sock thingies.



Cheers and regards.

S.

Streaky, there are two types that I'm aware of, ones called a 'droopy' that goes inside the down tube of the snorkel,


the other is a pod that goes over the front of a Safari/Donaldson style snorkel.