frank b Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Just a quick heads up We were unlucky enough to get stuck behind a van on a dusty gravel road, I had a suv in front of me too. So the drive to get to the cabin was very dusty as you might expect. It's a 90min drive on that gravel road, when we came back and got on the normal roads, the engine stalled and peaked at 4500rpm and I was hearing a weird woosh. Got out of the car, took out the air filter which had collected so much dust that the engine cut the fuel @ 4500rpm because it wasn't getting enough air to go beyond that. I cleaned it as best as I could on the side of the road. I never really took notice of the airbox desing before that but where the intake opening sits right under the hood on the right, it's bound to suck in a lot of dust and even water. They should've made it end up a tad bit lower IMO. So : if you plan on doing quite a bit of driving on them gravel roads, make sure you have an extra filter just in case ! Edited September 8, 2011 by frank b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windancer Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 So : if you plan on doing quite a bit of driving on them gravel roads, make sure you have an extra filter just in case ! Interesting as I drive the remaining 5 miles to my cottage on gravel roads. I will keep this in mind. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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