air filter - Retro-Renault

marcus · 2nd February 2007, 04:08 PM

if i buy a performance air filter will it connect straight to the pipe connected to the throttle body?

also because the previous driver had been driving about without the air filter properly connected should i run some fuel cleaner through it?

**Wicked Neo** · 2nd February 2007, 04:56 PM

Depends on the airfilter you buy.
If it's r19 16v specific then yes, it should come with everything needed to connect it to the the tube that connects to the throttle body.
If it's a universal one (like the max power specials which are just as good as the £90 jobbies) then they come with a selection of joints with which to connect the pipe up to the air filter

It won't hurt to bung some injector cleaner into the fuel tank, you may even get a few extra mpg out of it but as the air is fed through a port and the fuel is fed through an injector into the combustion chamber, running a car with the airfilter not connected properly makes no difference to the fuel side of things.

**The T.I.B.** · 2nd February 2007, 05:34 PM

Can you recomend an injector cleaner? is it something like redex?

Sounds like a worthy thing to do!

**Wicked Neo** · 2nd February 2007, 05:47 PM

i use wynns, i also use thier hydraulic tappet cleaner, really helps quiten them down

marcus · 2nd February 2007, 06:02 PM

are the tappets notoriously loud on these cars as mine seem fairly loud.

i just bought a max power filter so hopefully then it will fit straight on,im going to have a crack in the dark so fingers crossed

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alansr1916v · 2nd February 2007, 07:51 PM

i got a max power one on mine, u can feel a difference in performance but noise wise its not really that different! on my last 19 i had a raceX filter, cost £20 from my local shop an it really roared!! really turned heads! unfortunately they were out of stock when i got my new 19 an i was to impatient to wait lol!!

marcus · 3rd February 2007, 10:46 AM

how did you fit it on,because the pipe from the tb is oval and the air filter connector is round. i were just going to try and squeeze it in and try n tighten it up but i think that may leave air holes.

**Wicked Neo** · 3rd February 2007, 10:51 AM

thats what i did on mine, squeezed it in and tightened it with the jubilee clip.
Then i went around the edge of it with a glue gun to plug any gaps.
You could use a mastic type sealer as well though

alansr1916v · 3rd February 2007, 04:41 PM

i done the same!! no air leaks from it at all!!

JB · 3rd February 2007, 06:11 PM

snap!

mind your eyes on the coolant res.

alansr1916v · 3rd February 2007, 11:35 PM

lol, quite popular then! this was the raceX one i had on my last ph2 hatch, it looks different but the Roar it gave out was brilliant!

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2nd February 2007, 06:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
marcus Membre de bébé Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: holbeach Posts: 13	are the tappets notoriously loud on these cars as mine seem fairly loud. i just bought a max power filter so hopefully then it will fit straight on,im going to have a crack in the dark so fingers crossed .

2nd February 2007, 07:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
alansr1916v Membre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chatham,kent,uk Posts: 362	i got a max power one on mine, u can feel a difference in performance but noise wise its not really that different! on my last 19 i had a raceX filter, cost £20 from my local shop an it really roared!! really turned heads! unfortunately they were out of stock when i got my new 19 an i was to impatient to wait lol!!

3rd February 2007, 10:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
marcus Membre de bébé Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: holbeach Posts: 13	how did you fit it on,because the pipe from the tb is oval and the air filter connector is round. i were just going to try and squeeze it in and try n tighten it up but i think that may leave air holes.

3rd February 2007, 04:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
alansr1916v Membre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chatham,kent,uk Posts: 362	i done the same!! no air leaks from it at all!!

3rd February 2007, 11:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
alansr1916v Membre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chatham,kent,uk Posts: 362	lol, quite popular then! this was the raceX one i had on my last ph2 hatch, it looks different but the Roar it gave out was brilliant!