[cremator]

hi as any one else removed the white gauze that the air filter as on it before fitting it

 

[Singvogel]

hi as any one else removed the white gauze that the air filter as on it before fitting it

It's meant to be left on!

 

[cremator]

mmm i know but i no a guy who works in main dealer and they remove it says it makes engine breath alot better

 

[Ian jones]

mmm i know but i no a guy who works in main dealer and they remove it says it makes engine breath alot better

That's a new one :hysterically_laughi

 

[ryan168]

That's certainly a new one on me though it was a pre filter not an exra bit of packaging. But supose its one less restriction in a way maybe

 

[cremator]

That's certainly a new one on me though it was a pre filter not an exra bit of packaging. But supose its one less restriction in a way maybe

thats what the guy at dealer ship said it is one less restriction they tested one before they did it at he engine was a lot better.i think its the only air filter i no that as this type of gauze on it

 

[ryan168]

Yeah wonder why they felt it necessary to fit it other than a pre filter but srange as I've never come across one like it before any ideas???????

 

[cremator]

well like i say our main dealer who we no very well remove it

 

[ryan168]

Might be worth a go and i wonder if anyone else on here does it ??

 

[essexpestcontrol]

if were talking the main air filter, is this gauze only on land rover parts?? as I bought a filter last week, no gauze on it, and there was none on the one I took out, and have to say my car goes better/faster

 

[ryan168]

Yeah the gauze on the air filter all the ones I've fitted have had it on and were not lr parts. More info needed so why put it on some and not others???

 

[cremator]

all the after market ones we have fiited have all had it on but it dont need to be there get it off

 

[dave21478]

LMAO.

That gauze is about the coarsest fibred material you can get. Its flow restriction will be nil. I mean ZERO. Its there to prevent larger debris clogging up in between the paper vanes on the main filter element. - Granted, if the filter is years old and the gauze is completely clogged with dirt then it will cause a restriction, but without the gauze, that dirt just coats the paper element anyway, so there will be no actual change in air flow.


Anyone claiming that a car goes noticeably better between a standard new filter and a new filter with the gauze removed is talking out of their hoop.

 

[cremator]

oh but there is more flow with out

 

[ryan168]

That's a fair coment the pre filter is there for a reason so best left on

 

[cremator]

LMAO.

That gauze is about the coarsest fibred material you can get. Its flow restriction will be nil. I mean ZERO. Its there to prevent larger debris clogging up in between the paper vanes on the main filter element. - Granted, if the filter is years old and the gauze is completely clogged with dirt then it will cause a restriction, but without the gauze, that dirt just coats the paper element anyway, so there will be no actual change in air flow.


Anyone claiming that a car goes noticeably better between a standard new filter and a new filter with the gauze removed is talking out of their hoop.

larger debris its an air filter no more than small bits of dust go through

 

[Ian jones]

Best way to improve airflow , is to dump the egr valve and clean the intake manifold and ports out

 

[ryan168]

I've yet to do the intake manifold now I have heard how bad they cake up on here!!!

 

[gstuart]

hiya

i bought an air filter with thengauze on, emailed the manufacturer and they advised me it stops all the larger bits getting in a prolongs the life of filter, so left it on, i think it was a oem one but not from land rover, bearmach i think

but also agree the egr blanking and new crankcase bmw conversion also the small turbo filter at the back will defentely bring some power back to the engine

along with a synergy bix and it transformed my td4 engine

put a pic of mine on here with the sleeve and left it on

gary

 

[ryan168]

Is the turbo vent filter the same as a in line fuel filter as I have some fuel filters that look the same ????