Pre filter?

[JimmyPresley]

What are your thoughts on a prefilter for air filter? We run in so much dust in the desert here its hard on air filters. I used one on my SxS and worked well.

Anyone know of a source for an LR4?

Any better ideas for high dust ?

 

[4xFar Adventures]

Not for the LR4. You can't even get a snorkel for the gas powered engines since they have an intake on each side of the engine.

The best advice I have is to keep more distance between you and the vehicle in front. Or take the lead and let everyone else deal with most of the dust.

 

[Mike W]

I was just thinking about this the other day. My thought... would it be possible to take a rectangular air filter, some strong rare earth magnets and some felt cloth, wrap the felt around the magnet and glue it in a continuous line around the edge of one side of the filter, the seam of the wrapped felt on the back side of the magnet against the filter...

Then you could just slap the whole thing over the side air vent and it would stick... the fenders are steel. You would need two of them.

My only question is is that high enough flow or would it throw a code from restriction?

you could deploy something like that quickly, it would save some dust and you could easily pull them off and clean them up.. or knock some of the dust off them.

 

[4xFar Adventures]

It's worth a try. But, I'll relate this story and you can decide what to try from it.

A friend got an ARB snorkel for her LR4. The install went fine, but as soon as she drove home afterwards the dash lit up like a Christmas tree and the engine would just quit. Not good. The screen listed the following issues:
Performance Issue
Parking Brake
Stability Control
Cruise control fault

After some checking and a few calls with ARB, it was determined the snorkel was the culprit. It might be hard to believe, but the ECUs are so sensitive these days anything can seem to trigger a fault. Even though there was no real restriction of air, the monitors were sensitive enough to cause the issues. There's no snorkel option for the driver's side of the truck so everything had to go back to stock.

 

[Mike W]

having different airflow on each side might be the issue. Ya.. im not exactly sure... but I would think having equal pre filters might work.

I don't have a strong need for them now, but I had thought about a solution. Let me know if you try it.

 

[MS_Disco]

It's worth a try. But, I'll relate this story and you can decide what to try from it.

A friend got an ARB snorkel for her LR4. The install went fine, but as soon as she drove home afterwards the dash lit up like a Christmas tree and the engine would just quit. Not good. The screen listed the following issues:
Performance Issue
Parking Brake
Stability Control
Cruise control fault

After some checking and a few calls with ARB, it was determined the snorkel was the culprit. It might be hard to believe, but the ECUs are so sensitive these days anything can seem to trigger a fault. Even though there was no real restriction of air, the monitors were sensitive enough to cause the issues. There's no snorkel option for the driver's side of the truck so everything had to go back to stock.

I know what you mean, my 04 Disco throws a code Everytime I clean the air filter, sure makes me hesitant about adding a snorkel.

OB#3799

 

[RyanC]

Do the bag pre-filters that go over your intake filter make a difference for dusty conditions?

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[4xFar Adventures]

I know what you mean, my 04 Disco throws a code Everytime I clean the air filter, sure makes me hesitant about adding a snorkel.

OB#3799

I've had a Mantec snorkel for years and it's never given me an issue. If the air filter needs cleaning, I just replace it. A few times I've blown it out after a trail with CO2 and never had an issue as well.

 

[Lindenwood]

Would it be enough to simply bring a replacement filter and still just run one at a time?