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Hi thought this might be of interest to anyone with a non standard air filter set up when i bought my van last year it had been converted from JX to 1Y it goes great but above 60mph it was so noisey (induction noise) compared to my last van (JX) that i found myself not wanting to go much above 55mph so today i set about fitting an air box and removed the K&N filter it came with







Got this from a breakers its off a Reanault Megane 1.9 diesel its a snug fit in behind the rear light the centre inlet fits onto the snorkel and with a little adjustment with a hacksaw and a bit of tube the outlet went onto the manifold using the pipe that was on the K&N filter. The difference is the like night and day even at 70mph the loud drone has gone and no smoke or performance issues so well happy

Which K&N filter did you have on to start with - was it the same as this one? I can't hear anything from mine but then the exhaust is pretty throaty!
Which inlet manifold do you have on there?

HI it was a bigger K&N than yours and had a plastic cone/cover over the mesh part and was attached to the snorkel, I think the manifold is the one that was on the engine came from a seat as i said the engine was fitted when i bought the van . The noise was like a loud drone and very noisey changing up through the gears if using any revs but now very quiet exhaust sounds normal so was down to the Air Filter

Is that a "1X" I can see stamped on the inlet manifold in the third picture?

Zooming in - yes there is a 1X there - well spotted!

more pics of the inlet manifold me finx

I am of the opinion that using the snorkel is superfluous with most of our diesel vans - none of them seem to have the tinware intact any more so can breathe quite easily.

weldore wrote:more pics of the inlet manifold me finx

Some more pics

Oldiebut goodie wrote:I am of the opinion that using the snorkel is superfluous with most of our diesel vans - none of them seem to have the tinware intact any more so can breathe quite easily.

I used the snorkel as it was there and in good condition and the air box fitted sraight on i am not sure if it helped but the end result is a nice smooth quiet van

hi dsa..had there been any body modifications for that to fit and what sort of gap is there?

im on about the manifold not the filter

weldore wrote:hi dsa..had there been any body modifications for that to fit and what sort of gap is there?

im on about the manifold not the filter

Hi yes there has been some bodywork modification signs of some welding so there is a reasonable Gap its been done well you have to look close to see the weld previous owner got it converted at a Garage I have the receipt for all the work he had done cost him a few £££££

ahhh i was hoping for a quick fix as regards to the inlet manifold problems with the 1Y...i really should get mine sorted out this year.

thanks for the pics

weldore wrote:ahhh i was hoping for a quick fix as regards to the inlet manifold problems with the 1Y...i really should get mine sorted out this year.

thanks for the pics

What's the problem with your inlet manifold? Which one have you got on?

I just have the standard 1.6 setup at the moment

weldore wrote:I just have the standard 1.6 setup at the moment

Is that causing a problem? I'm only asking as I'm planning to convert from CS to 1Y and want to do things right from the beginning.