TiggerToo
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Where can I find an air filter to fit a Volvo 2030? I tried asking here before but did not get much of a response.
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FullCircle
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Have you got a photo, any markings or labels on it to try and identify the Original Equipment Supplier?
TiggerToo
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no, but it is a very simple bit of grey sponge: a hollow cylinder of about8cm diamater and 12cm tall. It is supported by a spring. I just need the sponge bit!
FlyingDutchman
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Is the air filter originally fitted on the engine? Then I would try the VP dealer.
If not, do you want to fit one or is the one fitted dirty?
If not, do you want to fit one or is the one fitted dirty?
TiggerToo
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The one fitted has essentially decomposed.
FullCircle
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It may be your lucky day, as I work in Air Induction Systems at Ford....
However, I need to know the dimensions, as I am rooting round the development room to look for foam sections that I could send you.
So:
What thickness is it?
Any idea of size when laid out flat?
However, I need to know the dimensions, as I am rooting round the development room to look for foam sections that I could send you.
So:
What thickness is it?
Any idea of size when laid out flat?
bendyone
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Go to Halfords and look at filters find one you can take a part and use the foam from.
FullCircle
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After a bit of searching, we have located a supplier of small sheets of reticulated air filter foam, from a UK motorcycle source.
About 7 quid a sheet + postage.
http://motorcycleproducts.co.uk/catalogue/air-filter-foam-new-12-12-double-filter-screen-p-8294.html
About 7 quid a sheet + postage.
http://motorcycleproducts.co.uk/catalogue/air-filter-foam-new-12-12-double-filter-screen-p-8294.html
charles_reed
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yes they do
especially if they get a bit hot.
I was advised, by a very knowledgeable and honest dealer (if that isn't an oxymoron) that they're non-essential in a marine environment and really there to muffle inlet noise.
I cut my own from an Ebac de-humidifier filter element which cost me £0.90.
especially if they get a bit hot.
I was advised, by a very knowledgeable and honest dealer (if that isn't an oxymoron) that they're non-essential in a marine environment and really there to muffle inlet noise.
I cut my own from an Ebac de-humidifier filter element which cost me £0.90.
FullCircle
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Re: yes they do
With respect Charles, that is not correct.
They are effective in preventing moisture from entering the engine, as well as dust and foreign objects. The micro dust levels will contribute significantly to engine wear over time.
The air induction system pressure losses are balanced in the engine air fuel ratio strategy, therefore the engine would run lean at all RPM, but particularly at wide open throttle.
You are correct in the effect of increased noise, which is worth the cost of a new air filter on its own.
With respect Charles, that is not correct.
They are effective in preventing moisture from entering the engine, as well as dust and foreign objects. The micro dust levels will contribute significantly to engine wear over time.
The air induction system pressure losses are balanced in the engine air fuel ratio strategy, therefore the engine would run lean at all RPM, but particularly at wide open throttle.
You are correct in the effect of increased noise, which is worth the cost of a new air filter on its own.
Avocet
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Re: yes they do
Do you think that's true even in a low-tech boat engine? I can see how a modern car is mapped to take into account the filter losses but an old boat engine? Obviously I agree about dust etc but the moisture one is also a bit curious - do even foam filters reduce moisture intake? I'm not having a go here I'm just curious because I'd never really given it a second thought. My old single cylinder BMW diesel is hard to find air filters for (and they're excruciatingly expensive when I do)! They're little baby conventional ones, folded paper bonded to a rubber base plate and I've often wondered about binning it and making myself a foam one.
Do you think that's true even in a low-tech boat engine? I can see how a modern car is mapped to take into account the filter losses but an old boat engine? Obviously I agree about dust etc but the moisture one is also a bit curious - do even foam filters reduce moisture intake? I'm not having a go here I'm just curious because I'd never really given it a second thought. My old single cylinder BMW diesel is hard to find air filters for (and they're excruciatingly expensive when I do)! They're little baby conventional ones, folded paper bonded to a rubber base plate and I've often wondered about binning it and making myself a foam one.
gandy
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Re: yes they do
Surely a Diesel runs with a excess of air anyway, since there's no throttle to reduce the air intake.
Surely a Diesel runs with a excess of air anyway, since there's no throttle to reduce the air intake.
FullCircle
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Re: yes they do
Avocet, you have my sympathies if you have a D7. They are truly the mooring weight of all engines.
It would be OK to make a foam filter for your engine, just take the old one as a pattern to your local car parts shop (not Halfords!!) and get them to match the orifice and general size.
Did you know the D7 piston/rings and top end is from a dump truck. I will struggle to remember the make, its so long ago, but the bits are available, and Builders Van cheap. Particularly that alternator....
Oops, Fred Drift... sorry.
Avocet, you have my sympathies if you have a D7. They are truly the mooring weight of all engines.
It would be OK to make a foam filter for your engine, just take the old one as a pattern to your local car parts shop (not Halfords!!) and get them to match the orifice and general size.
Did you know the D7 piston/rings and top end is from a dump truck. I will struggle to remember the make, its so long ago, but the bits are available, and Builders Van cheap. Particularly that alternator....
Oops, Fred Drift... sorry.