Friday, Mar 09, 2018 at 14:31
Also any words of wisdom on the red dust? Dad told me it would get in the engine and do bad things. But will the dust actually affect the engine much (lifespan, bits stop working)?
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It will if you take the air filter out and throw it away but I don't think you are likely to do that.
The only dust you are going to encounter (except for wind created dust) will come from passing cars. The traffic out there is not like
Sydney during peak hour so you won't see very many. Dust coming from your wheels is not going to get into the air filter even if the intake is under the front fender like many utes.
All air filters let a certain amount of dust in because they all have tiny holes in them to let air pass through. The engine has been designed to cope with the minute particles that get through those holes. I have always used genuine air filters, not after market.
If you intend doing a lot of unsealed road driving then a pre cleaner can make a big difference. These are not practical on many cars but it is easy to put one on the top of a
snorkel like you see on many utes. There is one big problem involved with that though.
I walked into Donaldson's
Pre Cleaner . head office at Wyong NSW a few years ago and asked about their cleaners for my Hilux. They said none of their bowl style cleaners are suitable. The reason being the air has to change direction at 90 degrees to get up into them so the faster you go the less air the engine gets. They are designed for stationery engines or low speed things like tractors.
I made a scoop for the top of my
snorkel with the pre cleaner on top. That solved that problem. It resembles the old postman or referee's whistle that had a revolving pea inside them. The air comes in and swirls around. The only way out is up through the angled vanes in the bottom of the pre cleaner and off into the car's air cleaner.
You would be amazed at how much dust it collects, even while driving around cities for extended periods.
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