Jump to content
SAU Community

Pod Filters Are Now A Defect Item

rossco_01

By rossco_01,
in Australian Capital Territory

 Share

Recommended Posts

hr32gts Rising Star

hr32gts

Posted
Posted

As a mechanic I see there point on carburettored cars ... as they do tend to get fuel saturation over time due to being directly above the carby ...

On a fuel injected car however I do not see this as a problem as the fuel is injected at the manifold and not directly under the airfilter like on a carburettored car and if they missfire it doesn't fill the intake with fuel mixture it only enters a metered amount at a time due to how a fuel injector works

In my experience Gas vehicles with the regular vapour style with a converter and mixer setup on them are far worse even with panel filters ...

I had one at my workplace crank crank crank and not fire first go then switched the ignition off ... ( in this time the whole intake tract is full of gas ) then you go to crank it over again and what happens all that gas in the air tract ignites and sets the airfilter on fire and goes off like a bomb and tends to blow airboxes apart ...

  • 2 weeks later...
Crackfox Community Regular

Crackfox

Posted
Posted

2 years ago my best friend perished on our roads. The paramedics and emergency services on the scene said it was one of the most horrific pod filter accidents they had ever witnessed, I still think of that accident every day. I can still remember him screaming. The people who were there said my friend died instantly when the pod filter initially exploded. They said it was me that was screaming.

a20089 Veteran

a20089

Posted
Posted

I still don't see how a paper or foam/mesh product could explode and cause death inside a sealed engine bay. There must have been many factors at work. Could you go into some more detail so we can get a better understanding how this accident may have occured.

I will probably be moving to a enclosed pod enclosure soon, so I am very interested.

Donnan Collaborator

Donnan

Posted
Posted

The exploding pod filters are rip off from fast & furious.

The whole making fun of people dying in an accident may still a little too early considering the horrific crash only a couple of weeks ago. So good on you crackhead for making fun of such a shit situation.

ZCR Mentor

ZCR

Posted
Posted
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AIRBOX-Nissan-Skyli...=item2eab339198

If your that paranoid just buy one of these Airboxes

I believe there available for most skylines

melly has one of those pod filter covers in her car and the car is registered in NSW and it passes, needed the cover to pass rego

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • MBS206
      Jacks that fit under GTR lips that can reach the subframe?

      By MBS206 · Posted

      You know how your car rolled through a fence in your last jacking escapade? Scissor jacks increase the likely hood of that sort of thing happening immensely!
    • Piggaz
      Jacks that fit under GTR lips that can reach the subframe?

      By Piggaz · Posted

      http://calfinn.com.au/product/1500kg-standard-trolley-jack-cj-2t-c/1500kg-standard-trolley-jack-cj-2t-c   I have this and fits under a S3 33 GTR with no issues. Purchased in 2009 and not one issue. It was $950 back then. Not cheap but something so important isn’t worth cheaping out on.
    • MBS206
      R32 GTST - 600KW+ RB28/CD009 Build

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Just trying to get my head around this. At 5psi of boost, you turn on your wmi pump, and then you're using a 3000cc injector, to allow flow upto the actual engine, where you have your 6x200cc injectors and a 500cc injector. If the above is correct, what advantage are you obtaining by having the 3000cc injector blocking flow, is this just incase a line breaks between that injector and the motor you can stop flow immediately? Or are the 6x200cc and 500cc less injectors and just spray nozzle?
    • f00stx
      Intro/R33 owner

      By f00stx · Posted

      Welcome! New member myself, but I had an R33 back in 2002. Best advice I could give, based on my experience: if you're running the factory turbo, be very conservative with boost. I made the mistake of just fiddling around with the boost controller and cranking the boost for fun, and the end result was my intake pipes popping off frequently from the constant deluge of oil that was being blown into the recirc by the stressed-out turbo, which itself was siphoning oil from the engine and farting it out both sides of its centre bearing (or something to that effect). If I could do it all again, I would have gotten a new turbo and had a tune dialled in professionally and then just left it alone! Funny you mention the metal shavings in the gearbox, as I had the same thing - the probe plug (magnetic drain plug, essentially) would come out caked with shavings. At least it was doing its job. Not sure if that's just sacrificial wear and part of the deal, or if my gearbox was shagged, but I wasn't abusing it. Enjoy the R33 - they're a dying breed, and if they weren't $35k+ on CarSales in Queensland, I might have picked up one of those again, instead of the 370GT I own now (though I'm loving the 370GT, that big 3.7L V6 just hits different).
    • f00stx
      Second time Skyline owner (R33 GTS-T and now a V36 370GT)

      By f00stx · Posted

      Howdy folks. I owned an R33 back in 2002, which was thoroughly beyond my capacity (financially speaking) to maintain/insure, so we parted ways in 2004. Fast forward 21 years (to literally yesterday, in fact) and I'm now the proud owner of a 2007 V36 370GT. I'm happily surprised by how much power the VQ37VHR makes, compared to the RB25DET, considering the latter is turbocharged. I had planned to add a turbo at some point but I'm on the fence about whether I'll even need it (though I do love the sudden onset of extra torque). Any other 370GT owners around the traps, I'd love to hear about your experiences with this car (good and bad).
×
×
  • Create New...