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AndrewS



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Heads Up:- Air Intake System
Check your Box Shocked

The air filter box is not sealed to the air intake pipe that runs from the intake point on the inner wing to the air box. See pictures. So your RAI is a waste of time. I will post more pictures and hopefully a cure later this weekend. Also there does not appear to be a water outlet device from the air box.

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mse



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Ill try and get a chance to check mine on Sunday.

Looking at the picture it doesnt look like that is even designed to be sealed Mike
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I have just fitted a TJM Airtec (Australia) snorkel to my 07 Defender. In the install they get you to remove the intake tube and seal both ends with silicone. There appears to be a water drain point at the intake tube near the guard and there is a hole in the bottom of the air cleaner that I thought was also a drain point. I was not able to completely remove the air cleaner assy, how did you do it?
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Japseroony



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Re: Heads Up:- Air Intake System
AndrewS wrote:
Check your Box Shocked

The air filter box is not sealed to the air intake pipe that runs from the intake point on the inner wing to the air box. See pictures. So your RAI is a waste of time. I will post more pictures and hopefully a cure later this weekend. Also there does not appear to be a water outlet device from the air box.

FFS Land Rover have you lost the plot Question Evil or Very Mad Twisted Evil Evil or Very Mad



Apparently there is a water outlet at the bottom of the airbox but this needs to be sorted when fitting the RAI.

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AndrewS



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Re: Heads Up:- Air Intake System
Japseroony wrote:

Hope its not done tooooooo much damage Question


No damage at all Thumbs Up
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Re: Heads Up:- Air Intake System
AndrewS wrote:
No damage at all Thumbs Up


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AndrewS



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No my vehicles are not re-mapped
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dshickle



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Hi Andrew,

Any news on a solution.

I have fitted the RAI (thanks to your exellecent pic's, without them I whould have been stuffed).
But natually I'm concerned having seen your pic's.

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AndrewS



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Embarassed

When we got into checking out the air intake system we found that the RAI was not completely sealed to the wing, as the wing was deformed.


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The area in the pink shows that the RAI was not sealed to the wing whereas the area in the yellow shows a clean area indicating that it was sealed.



So a couple of strips of draft excluder fixed this.



The next unsealed joint was where the ducting that is sealed to the inner wing receives the ducting that runs to the air filter box.


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This was sealed internally using a water proof bandage.


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The next joint was the ducting that enters the air filter box, this was sealed externally using a waterproof bandage.



I made the water proof bandages using a system I use for fixing Butyl liners for water storage tanks. You can buy similar garden pond repair kits from most garden centres.
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dshickle



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Hi Andrew,

Many thanks for this - I will now review my installation.

thanks again for your excellent service! Thumbs Up

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mse



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Whenever i have fitted snorkels I have always used and be taught to use some bonding such as an industrial sealant.

Any reason why this would not be the case? Mike
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AndrewS



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mse wrote:
Whenever i have fitted snorkels I have always used and be taught to use some bonding such as an industrial sealant.

Any reason why this would not be the case?


Cant see why not Thumbs Up Use what you are familiar with Thumbs Up
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Its interesting to read this post as recently I have noticed that the air intake noise has become more pronounced, not sure why but seems to be loudest at around 1900rpms
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