Has anyone had experience with replacing the OEM AIR INTAKE AND FILTER CANISTER on my FG649 crew cab. I AM CONSIDERING THIS AS I AM CONCERNED THAT THE OEM CANISTER MAKE BE A PROBLEM WHEN DEEP FORDING. MY PLAN WAS TO FIT A NEW CANISTER (perhaps a Donaldson type) much higher up on the back of the cab, about rear window height, air ram on top and repipe to the engine intake.
Cheers
MAB
Hi MAB
Heard you dropped in up at the Accessories workshop last week.
A couple of issues with moving the OEM unit up behind the cab. The length of the tract is one especially on a crewcab, then there is the issue of removing the OEM snorkel complete with silencer and water trap.
I have seen engines destroyed when guys have plumbed homemade snorkels into relocated OEM air cleaners and water has prematurely destroyed the paper elements and ...well you can guess the rest. I've also seen turbos destroyed by rust flakes from metal air cleaners so if you are planning to do this yourself then only ever use plastic air cleaners, stainless piping, proper turbo hose and hose bends. Turbo hose clamps are nice too but far more important in the tract between the turbo and engine where there is positive pressure. Fleetguard and Donaldson both make great aftermarket air cleaners ...not too expensive and easy to get replacement filter elements for.
This is not a recommendation to do it ....my post is only just to let you know some of the issues........Engineer has probably crossed more creeks in a Canter than I've had hot dinners so please take his comments on board....by the way, we stopped doing that sort of work years ago but I have seen some guys mount them out on the front bullbar on crewcabs ( and no worry about the cab tilting too) . At least that keeps the tract short if you mount it out there.
