Precleaner in my new pride and joy?

Get rid of the precleaner box, Me and Luke fixed mine on weekend, and it MAKES A GOOD DIFFERENCE not to have it there.

Look at the pipe on the bottom, its only 1inch thick, so VERY restrictive.

I'll get some pics of mine with the flex hose that goes from Airbox To Snorkel.. Brilliant!

FWIW, I have only used precleaner once, and it was a slug with it in.

Yep. Agree 100%
Had the two (paper) filters on my Patrol when I bought it...
It smoked from day 1 and lacked grunt. The vacuum device which warned of a blocked filter (don't know what it's called) would go red each time the car was driven around the block.
Removed the prefilter and the car had more getup and go, less exhaust smoke, and the thingamajig on the manifold would not go red when driven around the block.
I now have a well serviced finer filter and couldn't be happier- the foam lasts about four years and then needs replacing as it starts to disintegrate.
Diesels need LOTS of air. Restriction is bad news....
Cheers

So you guys are saying to remove my pre-cleaner box and refabricate the piping to the snorkel?..... And to put a finer filter in the main box?....
Thanks for your feedback.... And i would like to see your photos please Truckster...
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Yep, I took out the swirlbox (cyclonic pre-cleaner thing) on my TB42 GQ on the weekend when we fitted my new snorkel replaced it with some 3 inch flex hose. :-) I needed to lose the swirlbox anyway to make room for my battery tray that's about to go in.

...same time as we worked the air hose on Truckster's GQ also.

It's running very well, with the new snorkel and swirlbox removed - no restrictions now and it can 'breath easy'. Will be interesting to note if there is any difference in fuel economy over the next few tanks....

I guess the moral of this story is that if you are going to remove your pre cleaner or swirlbox, it's important to remember to to check your air filter more regularly and replace/clean it when necessary, as it will be exposed to more dust/dirt without the pre cleaning system in place.

with all the money you now save on fuel you will be able to get heaps of goodies.

i have a 92 patrol 4.2 naturally aspired diesal running two finer filters, pre cleaner and main i was getting 12 ltrs to the hundred i have dual batteries and the pre cleaner box is still in same position. The finer filters are messy to service but that what makes them so efficient the oil gets lined along all the plumbing and filter box which adds to more area to pick up dust. I have now fitted a super charger and still run both filter boxes,, if you dont do a lot of running with dust the main filter will do the job but in the dust every thing helps including a pre cleaner on top of the snorkel. Col