please help air filter sucked into inlet

Morning DaLux

To say I am 'bleepand amazed' would be the understatement of the year.

This is the second time in two days on this forum that I am at a total loss for an appropriate response.

Just sorry I can't offer any other solution than visiting the car yard person/s on a dark night with steel star picket/

Regards

Ken Robinson

Hi
Assuming it is naturally aspirated remove intake manifold & remove any pieces that may have become caught they would have to be jolly small to go in to motor via an inlet valve .If turboed remove inlet pipe from turbo look inside at turbine fins to see any damage . If so take to turbo specialist.
Cheers dingdong

G'day DaLUX,

Mate if it happened to me, I would take the truck to a reputable diesel mechanic for an inspection and report. I would then have any work / repairs resulting from the "FILTER MISSLOCATION" carried out by the reputable mechanic and have that charged to the other mob. They have already admitted that it was an error on their behalf - ergo, they are liable.

What ever you decide, I hope it works out for you.

regards,

TAKE IT BACK TO THEM FAST! along with a letter to the small claims tribunal for their records. Take heaps of photo's and keep them too.

Hi DaLUX My thought is that the foam filter would have gone through the motor without doing to much harm, more of a worry would be any dust or grit that was in the filter this would have been deposited in your motor and will cause premature wear. Does it start up and run clean and smooth without blowing smoke? if so, no immediate harm has been done. I would certainly get a written report from an independent diesel mechanic and make a claim on the car yard.
Regards Ken.

put the car back together like nothing has happened.
phone the yard in the morning telling them the car ran funny after you picked it up.got half way home and pulled over.got a mate to tow you home.
your to scared to start it now can they get someone to come over and have a look.
you should never do anything with getting there permision first or you will have no recall.if they cant go over ask if you can organise some one.if they say yes go to there place get an order writen out.that way its in there books and you will have a copy.organise the best you can find get compression test done as well.just in case it has slightly bent a valve or something.or the dust ect has worn the rings a little.if its sucked a whole filter in that cant be good.if they say no make sure you write down who you were talking to the time date ect and phone some one vacc.and find out what you can do.just be carefull driving it because if it does go kaboom shortly and you go back saying its been running bad since the air filter bit you put in wrong went missing.
(car yard)well did you call us and try to sort something out.
(you)no i didnt because i had thebleeps with you because of what you done.
(car yard)stiff bl..dybleepe mate go away

If I had made the stuff up myself & had no recourse for compensation I'd take the risk & take the vehicle for a long run as foam rubber should be almost completely combustible. There is no way I could see it could get into the injectors particlarly with the pressures involved. The biggest worry I would have is that, would the sponge material coupled with the fuel exceed the maximum volume when a piston is at top dead centre & wreck the motor? Though I'd reckon 10 minutes running would answer that question. I couldn't see how something as viscous as melted sponge could burn out valves.
Paul

Gday
The problems you will come accross will be ring and valve associated.
If the valve is unable to seat on the head, you loose compression and it overheats being unable to dump temperature into the cooling system via its seat.
If the filter has burnt away as it has entered a cylinder, most will have gone out the exhaust, but it could also have got stuck in the rings.
The grease you talk about in the inlet is normal for a diesel, it is not remnants, but old fume residues from the tappet cover.
Get it back together, and take it to a diesel shop for their advice. Ring the mechanic armed with that advice, and ask them what they are prepared to do to fix this loss in power. I would suggest at a minimum. the head should come off for a looky see.
Good luck
Andrew

thanks for all your help guys ripped off head and manifold yesterday looked ok, put it all back together filled it with diesel and some injector treatment and started driving 250 k's later it seems to be back at 100% bit smoky for a while but better now will drop oil and complete full service, get the old oil tested in the lab then get some commpression tests done feeling alot better now however still organising how i can go about killing the car yard, anyone got a match???