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g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967 |
might try that!.
im thinking of a better hose from wing to filter too!original plastic one seems very restricted. drove mine briefly without filter to wing connected and low down felt more responsive! My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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14th Mar 2015 12:40pm |
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Litch Member Since: 10 Mar 2013 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 760 |
Going to play devils advocate here.
Without going and opening my airbox I am assuming that the blank section is in-line with the air inlet hole? If the incoming air has a straight run then I am guessing that in future you will see a distinct dirty area in-line with this hole where the air is being drawn into the airbox and straight through the filter material meaning this section gets clogged quicker. By fitting a blank over the filter material in this area (as per OE) the air is forced to be drawn through a much larger area of the filter material thus spreading the dirt over a larger area. Just a rambling thought??? Some standard spec aftermarket air-filters are perforated all over anyway, in fact I have just replaced mine and the one I took out was just like this and had steel mesh over the whole filter body however the BP one I replaced it with has the blank section as per OE. Can't recall the manufacturer of the previous one but I suspect it is going to be BM or BP as I tend to buy their service parts year in year out. Didn't look too hard at the filter, it wasn't dirty (I do quite a low mileage and don't drive across the Sahara much) but as it had been in 12-months I replaced it anyway. For a while I ran an ITG performance air-filter on my 300TDi (along with larger intercooler, tweeks etc) but after cleaning it just once I decided that I just couldn't be bothered and have resorted to standard filters again. I am not saying that it didn't make a difference, just that I couldn't notice it. In fact I listed the ITG filter only last week and it was snapped up quite quickly. ONE LIFE, GET IT! |
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14th Mar 2015 2:25pm |
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sharkey964 Member Since: 05 Oct 2014 Location: On a muddy track Posts: 570 |
Mmmmm.Thats food for thought Litch.I never thought of it like that.
I have been running mine like this for the last couple of years and the old filterts have never had a more clogged area where the inlet is.& its prety dusty here in summer.I do run through a snorkle though. Marc. |
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14th Mar 2015 4:05pm |
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