Sirocco Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Just a quick one, sorry if it has been covered before. Im looking to upgrade my 300tdi Defender with the wolf twin element air filter for extensive overland use. The crux of it is now: can you wash out the filter elements? or do they have to be replaced like regular ones? If they have to be replaced I may stick with what Ive got. cheers G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas pinkie Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I would suggest they arnt going to take a washing out, they are not like the re usable ones, like sy K&N, they are intended to keep the fine dust and sand of Iraq and Afghan out of the turbo. My wolf 110 came back from Iraq smashed, having been out there before the filters and snorkels were fitted, and the turbo is b$ll*xed at 45,000 miles...... All the air intake pipes, infact even the wire loom, is packed full of dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 I would suggest they arnt going to take a washing out, they are not like the re usable ones, like sy K&N, they are intended to keep the fine dust and sand of Iraq and Afghan out of the turbo. My wolf 110 came back from Iraq smashed, having been out there before the filters and snorkels were fitted, and the turbo is b$ll*xed at 45,000 miles...... All the air intake pipes, infact even the wire loom, is packed full of dust. Thanks for this pinkie. I only ask because the Land Cruiser we used recently in West Africa allowed this and it was great to just wash out the dust etc. I meant that you dont really have to carry a spare. We will be taking on central asia, mongolia, siberia and then aus in 18months time, so I was thinking of fitting one of these. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedef90 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 The filters are not washable. THey are a service item. The inner filter is only fitted to vehicles in hot sandy places. Those that get repatriated to a temperate theatre, the inner filter is normally removed at the next service. There is no need to run the inner where there is no chance of excessive dirt/fine dust. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hi Dave, I realise that the inner is only fitted for excessively sandy/dusty places. I was just hoping to be able to wash them. If im replacing every 6000 miles, I may stick with the original set-up and put a pre-filter on the snorkel. not really sure what is best. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedef90 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I think if you put water anywhere near the filter it will fall apart. Unless you have a big stock of these filters and are prepared to throw them on a regular basis I would stick with what you have. IIRC the Wolf filter housing mounts completely differently ( I may be wrong) and it doesn't use a standard size filter. There was a thread back along of the problems people had getting the filters. That issue may have been resolved by now though. A bit of a search may reveal all you need to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkrentfitter Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 the outer filter is not expensive if you go to a donaldson filter agent,google largo plant services,speak to alan,quote the part number on the case,chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedef90 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I have 2 new filters here if anyone needs them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilgrimmick Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Fit a Donaldson filter to the top of the snorkel, they pre-filter dust etc very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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