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SteveS

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Devon & Berkshire
Posts: 388

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Dust Filter for fan

Travelling to a very dusty environment soon - it'll be hot and the a/c and fan will be on constantly. I know the Defender is not dust tight by design but I wondered whether I might experiment with a crude home made filter to stuff into the air inlet

Any one got any tried and trusted solutions or tried this before?

I thought about cutting up a standard engine air filter but not sure if the fan will struggle to suck air past it

2nd Nov 2012 8:02pm

pope10001

Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Dulverton
Posts: 489

1992 Defender 90 200 Tdi HT Zermatt Silver

Devon 4x4 make a filter that attaches to the wingtop. I have one on mine and it works very well in the desert here.

3rd Nov 2012 6:44am

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

the wingtop filter http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=sho...;Itemid=14 - £75 seems alot for what it is ...

also have a think about fitting the 2011 door rubbers, running tape around the rear tub seals. check inside your battery box for breathers, these can be taped up.

How about a centrifugal dust filters that will fit on the top of the RAI

http://aliensnorkels.co.uk/9.html

3rd Nov 2012 7:47am

pope10001

Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Dulverton
Posts: 489

I'm not sure how a centrifugal air filter on top of the RAI will help keep the dust out of the cabin? They really are worth £75 when you get out of the car at the end of the day without your lungs being full of dust.

3rd Nov 2012 3:05pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20594

The D44 filter is for the cabin fan and that will work. How will a RAI filter help that only feeds the engine with air not the cabin..

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3rd Nov 2012 3:54pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

If I were to be travelling through dusty environments, a centrifugal cap on the RAI would be top of my list - agred it won't stop dust entering the cabin

Last edited by bpman on 4th Nov 2012 9:25am. Edited 1 time in total

3rd Nov 2012 7:04pm

pope10001

Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Dulverton
Posts: 489

bpman wrote:

4th Nov 2012 8:37am

SteveS

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Devon & Berkshire
Posts: 388

Thanks for the lead on the wing top unit.

For those of you concerned about filtering the engine i have a Safari snorkel which will likely be rear facing and I've also bought a Terrafirma filter to go on the snorkel entrance......not sure how effective this will be...it is a £10 experiment.

4th Nov 2012 5:10pm

SteveS

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Devon & Berkshire
Posts: 388

does anyone know if those cyclonic filter head thingies fit onto a Safari Snorkel?

And whether they don't bash the A-pillar?

4th Nov 2012 5:23pm

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