Air Cleaners In Boost Lines

[Beer Baron]

ok, well I'll grab to 4mm trust ones for peter, if anyone else want some let me know as I'm going to order them today.

[666DAN]

I've never been a fan of them, all the ones I ever put in eventually failed and caused boost spikes as they cracked around the rim and leaked boost that should have been read by the gauge.

They pretty much do f**k-nothing as there isn't traditional "airflow" as it's part of a closed end system. All the ones I removed never had a spec of dirt on them.

I've deleted them from my setup to minimise places things can go wrong

[Beer Baron]

yeah the cheap ones always seems to split where they're glued together and it's a pain. air does flow through though as the sytem is open to atmoshere as it bleeds off air through the solenoid. the good ones usually have the two halves screwed together and I haven't ever broken one of them.

[666DAN]

yeah the cheap ones always seems to split where they're glued together and it's a pain. air does flow through though as the sytem is open to atmoshere as it bleeds off air through the solenoid. the good ones usually have the two halves screwed together and I haven't ever broken one of them.

I was talking between the sensor and the boost line...not the solenoid.

Yeah I've had bad runs with the ones that come with both the AVCR and Profec B

[gotRICE?]

Im guessing hes more talking about the boost sensor end of the system. That doesnt flow, more just gets pressurised etc.

[Beer Baron]

yeah obviously any gauge or map sensor doesn't really flow any air, but the key places to put them are to protect the solenoid. it doesn't hurt to have them to protect the insides of your map sensors either just from oil vapour etc too, as long as they aren't breaking all the time. the best bet is to put them in the line out of the way of heat etc. like for profec b for it's internal map sensor put it near the control unit so the filter is in the cabin not in the engine bay. you are right though it's unlikely anything bad is going to happen without them. I use them though.

[Peter]

Thanks Mate - PM replied and money transferred!

Much appreciated!

Peter

ok, well I'll grab to 4mm trust ones for peter, if anyone else want some let me know as I'm going to order them today.

[Peter]

Hi Baron!

Received the two filters today - thanks alot! The quality of the filters is incredible, as you described they screw together, are not glued, and can be slightly cleaned if necessary.

Thanks alot for your help!

Will be finalising the install this weekend.

Cheers,

Peter

[Beer Baron]

no worries mate.