canadian bum
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I can see where an ejector style precleaner would be better than the bowl type in this situation. It caught a lot of snow but it can only catch till its full.
Winter snorkel issue
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(pics on page 3) I was quite surprised to realize how much snow had accumulated in the precleaner in such a short time but as you can see the air box and filter stayed dry. As previously suggested I let the snow melt and ended up with less then 100ml of water.
I now agree with Mark W's earlier point, that even worst scenario their would not be enough moisture to hurt the motor. Keeping in mind that without the precleaner this moisture would have been ingested over the course of the entire trip. My comments about a wet filter being susceptible to damage were really reaching and highly unlikely. I guess the only real threat in not running a precleaner in the winter is as Crushers mentioned the possibility of air restriction to the motor. Possibly if the filter gets wet and freezes or if the snorkel tube were to get blocked with snow.
I now agree with Mark W's earlier point, that even worst scenario their would not be enough moisture to hurt the motor. Keeping in mind that without the precleaner this moisture would have been ingested over the course of the entire trip. My comments about a wet filter being susceptible to damage were really reaching and highly unlikely. I guess the only real threat in not running a precleaner in the winter is as Crushers mentioned the possibility of air restriction to the motor. Possibly if the filter gets wet and freezes or if the snorkel tube were to get blocked with snow.
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canadian bum
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Before I put my snorkel on the Taco I was getting so much snow in the intake that it would plug off the filter and the engine wouldn't rev up. I had to stop bang all the snow out of the filter and continue on. It doesn't melt it just makes a huge snow barrier and chokes off the engines air supply.
crushers
post ho
thanks for posting up the pics ...
enlightening.
enlightening.
LandBruiser69
It feels good to be lost in the right direction.
Crazy. I've never seen that happen to a Donaldson. Let me know if you need the 9005. I have one in stock along with the 5" to 4" adapter you would need to ruth the Safari snorkel.
