Landrover17H Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Flicking thru' eBay as you do, I spotted this. It's a 17H 2.5 petrol now living in a Series. But the air-filter housing appears more modern. I ask this question here, because I was reckoning one of you is more likely to know than Series owners. What are we looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Looks like a Disco 300tdi regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanco Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Don't remember the ribbed top, but otherwise looks like D1?, someone will know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrycol Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Is a D1 update air box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 👍 Here's a D1 box in a '90'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrover17H Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) So it 'fell' out of a Discovery 1? Good. Surface area is King. That'll breathe better than the oil-bath, Series owners would have anyone that'll listen believe their oil-bath is an Air-filter Holy Grail'. Haven't looked but I suspect a quality Discovery 1 filiter is under a tenner on eBay too. Thanks gents. Edited September 21, 2020 by Landrover17H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrycol Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Note it is D1 update and not an early D1 air box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 14 hours ago, Landrover17H said: So it 'fell' out of a Discovery 1? Good. Surface area is King. That'll breathe better than the oil-bath, Series owners would have anyone that'll listen believe their oil-bath is an Air-filter Holy Grail'. Haven't looked but I suspect a quality Discovery 1 filiter is under a tenner on eBay too. Thanks gents. The oil bath filters have some advantages - easy to service in remote places without parts; you just need to wash it in petrol and add new oil, available in any town. It’s very effective at trapping even small particles. It’s self cleaning with the sloshing of the oil, until it gets really bad. It doesn’t get torn and then let everything through. It doesn’t matter if the breather from a worn engine is routed into the housing; it’ll not clog and break down any paper element. The flip side is the threat of oil ingestion and engine runaway if the vehicle gets to extreme angles or is rolled, especially with turbo chargers, and it’s messier and more time consuming to clean than a paper filter. I doubt the air flow rate of the Series oil bath filters is restrictive to any later LR engine, so I’d be surprised if the paper filters gave any performance benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Also fitted to softdash Rangies, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Also fitted to softdash Rangies, I believe. Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/22/2020 at 3:17 PM, Bowie69 said: Also fitted to softdash Rangies, I believe. Certainly the 300Tdi version of the soft dash - I have it in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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