No worries Shawn. --- :^)

And thanks for the tips. Still a little mystery to how the plumbing to
air filter box will work, so every bit helps.

Neil.

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 May 2008 at 13:21, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>  > Dang.
>  >
>  > I pmailed a diesel head about which Caravan air filter box to use, but
>  > got no response.
>
>  Sorry, I think that was me. I didn't answer because I wasn't sure myself, and planned to
>  search my old messages to find out, but then just forgot... :-(
>
>
>  On Alistair Bells' website, I found a link that
>  > showed air filter box was from a V6.
>  >
>  > I got the 3.3 --- :^(
>  >
>  > When I was pulling it, I noticed that the outlet to the TB is opposite
>  > the air intake snorkel. Not the same as pic online IIRC, but I pulled
>  > it anyway.
>
>  If it's like mine, it can be swapped easily. It's a bit of a tight fit, but works ok. I don't know
>  which one I have, so I'm interested in knowing what Mark D. means about the 3.0 being
>  preferred.... I'm sure he probably elaborated on this at some point, but my memory is failing.
>
>  btw Neil, I've since swapped out the marine blower hose I used at first for a section of ABS
>  pipe, and pieces of the caravan rubber hose at each end, and a rubber plumbing reducer at
>  the turbo inlet - it seems to work well and is much stronger than the flex hose.
>
>
>
>  > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>  > > Be sure it is from a 3.0 not the 3.3! The 3.0 filter assembly is the one we
>  > > diesel heads use. The 3.3 assembly has issues that make it undesirable.
>  > >
>  > >  Mark
>  > >
>
>  Shawn Wright
>  http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
>  '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
>  '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
>

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