Snorkle Pre cleaners

With Turbos, the socks are not recommended, Go with a Ram Head, your car is turbo, and needs Air....

I had a Donaldson on my Turbo GQ, hated it....

here we go with more debate on this..

Out of interest Stan, is your Pajero the 3.2L or the 2.8L diesel version?
Cheers
Ray

Watch out using oiled air filters on any vehicle with an air flow sensor. Apparently the oil can affect the air meter, probably by covering it with traces of oil.

Mark

Stan i cant tell you which one to choose but maybe you could answer a question for me. Did you have a lot of trouble fitting the snorkel and how much did it cost you ? As I have a 3.5 petrol nm pajero.

G'Day Stan

Talk to Donaldson. I spoke to them about fitting a cyclone filter to a 3ltr td patrol and they told me that it wasn't recommended as it restricted the air flow to much.

cheers

Foss

I've always fitted a Donaldson ram to every vehicle I've had with a snorkle (troopies), makes a noticeable difference over about 80 k's and especially so when you come down a hill into a cool gully, the old diesel loves cool dense air.
I've never had a problem with getting too much rubbish/water down it even in torrential rain at speed, the design of the genuine Donaldson ram separates the water and bleeds it back out the slots at the base of the ram. Mind you I usually lead the outback trips so don't cop the dust as much.

Hi Stan, i have a ram head for bitumen driving and when off road in dusty conditions i fit the donaldson centrifugal head and i run finer filters. The donaldson is not recommended over 80 ks as the swirling motion picks up the dust in the bowl and into the filters. Easy system to keep clean as you can see the dust. Cheapset place to buy one is through a truck accesory place like truck line $20-$30 cheaper than a 4by shop. Col

Stan, its a small one, and its on a 92 GQ 4.2 diesal with a super charger. Col

Been runniong a donaldson type for a couple a years and honestly can't tell the difference in performance. If they don't breath as well then I'm stuffed if I can tell. All I know is that the amount of bleep that I collect up top that don't even make it to the filter is incredible and it also collects the water better keeping the filter drier in extremely heavy rain.
Personal preference dude, try one for a few weeks and see what yo reckon. I'm sure you could find someone that has one in the shed that they bought and decided they liked the cobra look better.

Hey Stan,
I had a Donaldson fitted to my old GQ 4.2 diesel, defiantely felt an increas in performance on the NON turbo engine. Sold the GQ now and removed it incase i wanted to use it on my new purchased GQ 4.2 TD, havent fitted it yet, But will do soon, cant be any worse that what is there now, although the best thing is seeing all that stuff it collects in the bowl. Really does well collecting heaps of rubbish that would have normally stopped at my oval filter.

Reason why i havent fitted it yet is because i thought being a turbo on my new GQ, I was worried it would be too small and was considering getting the bigger diameter one. But after reading the replies, I think ill chuck it on and see how it goes.I love it when you talk DIRTY !