Sunday, Apr 16, 2006 at 09:21
Hello
Laura,
August and september are notoriously the driest months of the year, in areas that you plan to travel. But others have told you that.
The flood in the Diamantina is almost a non-event this year, while the Cooper is much better, read here, BIGGER! But that water should be long gone by Aug-Sept, even at Walker's Crossing.
On snorkels, you shouldn't need one, but it often doesn't take much for water to rise up to dangerous level. ie bow wave effect. Footy has described it
well.
As for air filter elements, I would stick with paper elements. In fact one clean element should do the whole trip, regardless of how dusty it turns out to be. Keep out of other vehicles dust, where practical, and it will only need a clean, or be replaced, on your return
home.
As for washable/oilable filters, they seem good, and are in some cases. But they need regular cleaning, don't filter out dust as
well as paper filters, so are potentially bad for your engine life. We have a washable one on our 80 series at moment, but it is only used for our yearly trip to coast, on bitumen roads. Take the case of Caterpillar earthmoving machinery, all their air filters are paper!
We live on Diamantina,
Laura, and only use paper filters in our work vehicles.
Enjoy your trip, will expect plenty of photos to be posted,
Hooroo...
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