Date:         Thu, 1 May 2008 18:47:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else
              worth pulling? (...
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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