Air filters for the hunjy

G'day Ink bandit

On my 4.8 Patrol I run a foam Uni Filter, In the time I have had it I hav'nt seen any dust get past it.
I have not noticed much of a difference in performance (very slight) but it sure beats $50 a filter and carrying a spare on trips is no longer needed. Pull it out clean & reoil and the engine is breathing easy again.
Hope this helps

Cheers

Just have a think about this bandit,

Every piece of heavy earthmoving equipment in the world and any other big place use paper filters, most of the time in heavy dust.

Work mate has a 400hp+ desert buggy,he runs a donaldson air cleaner of a large tractor with primary and secondary filters.
I asked him why he doesn't use other style filters and his answer was. The big boy's can afford to rebuild dusted engines, I can't.

There is a study around that tests the 3 types of filters, if you choose to believe the results paper filters come out on top

Depending where you live, the dry times we have been experiencing have left lots of dust in the air,even in cities.

I know paper is expensive and it is a bugger everytime I buy one.

Have a good one.

The original Toyota Filter is reusable and washable in a bucket of water. Instructions are written on it. Make sure you are using the larger 255mm diameter element (part no. 17801-17020) made for the V8.

I used oiled filters in the past, but they required cleaning more often, and it was a pain to do - washing in turps and detergent etc You have to reoil them regularly to stay effective against dust.

Not sure about the V8, but some petrol vehicles have airflow sensors that play up when filter oil gets on them.

Many years ago in NZ, I had a business selling Uni-Filters. The foam filters such as the Uni-Filters are the best of the oilable filters as the K&N style have too big a gaps in the material so too much dirt gets through, even when oiled.

In dusty conditions, we made a lot of money from people buying foam wraps to around their K&N's to keep the dust out.

However K&N will usually give you a performance boost as their is less restriction for the air.

We did a lot of custom made foam filters which was at least half of our business. I used my own Uni-Filters on my rally cars and never had dust get into the inlet tract unlike the K&N's that I used before the Uni-Filters which always let dust through.

What do I use now in all my vehicles - paper filters, less hassle and they work. If I am travelling and need a new filter, I buy one when on the road so I don't need to take one with me. Having a Troopy, filters are easy to come by at all the places I have needed one.

Stevesub

Thanks guys i think I'll give em a miss the k and N one that i saw today was half the size of OE filter and by all reports there's no real advantage of running one

I have run oil soaked filters for the last 10 years motor has done 360,000ks and uses no oil.As for cleaning easy as wash in warm soapy water let dry and resoak in oil, using a plastic bag, no oily hands, swear by them, but no good with motors with computors and sensors in air intake. Best thing in really dusty conditions you can see if filter is gettig fill, take off put in plastic bag put new oil soaked sleeve on that has been prsoaked and stored bfore trip. Vehicle has ever had 2 new x 2 filters fitted in 360,000ks,less than $200 worth. Also the whole air intake tube gets soaked in oil so also helps to catch any dust in the swirling motion trough the tube. ( Yes a Dig at the hiclones ) hehehe. Col