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S&B Letting in dust

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#1 · (Edited)
S&B Letting in dust (Now with pics)

Hey all,

I drive some moderately dusty conditions for about 10% of my driving, I have found on my last 2 filter changes that my S&B intake is letting in very small amounts of dust. IMHO any dust is too much dust.

Anyone else have this issue?

I saw more of it around the MAF sensor so I added some gasket sealer this time, but will check again very soon.

Looks like a Donaldson/Volant 61514 will fit in this intake and they claim 99.97% dust filtration which is higher than S&B do you think that would help?

If I cant find a solution to this very fast I will go back to stock intake.

Thanks.
 
#8 ·
I'm on gravel and dirt roads 40% of my driving and have never found dust in my intake tubes so far. I run the oiled filter, clean it every 2 months. And replace filter every 12-18 months

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#11 ·
I have an early build s&b which was before they started putting Removeable plugs in.

Mine does however, have the clear plastic lid off. And has been like that since new
 
#10 ·


This pic shows how dirty is was at last filter change (stuff I missed when I wiped it out this am) ... the next is from 20km of dirt road following a truck for about 5km of that 20.



I cleaned it, drove it that 20km and checked it. Waiting to hear back from S&B to see what they think.
 
#12 ·
Huh, maybe I'll roll with the lid off and see what happens.

Talked to S&B about it, they are sending me a new adaptor (piece the MAF screws into and filter attaches too) they said they have heard of those castings (plastic) being bad before.
 
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