Help!!! Universal Air Filter Fitting

[minnies]

Hey All, have a biggg problem, dont know if anyone might be able to help, just bought a universal air filter, bloke i bought it from said it would fit my my R reg micra and apparently it dont as the air pan is on top of the carb, please can anyone tell me if theres any way to fit it, thanks

 

[JayY]

There is no air-pan or carb. There is an airbox on top of a throttle body, which your need to remove. Its the big black box at the top of the engine bay. Unclip the lid, find the screws, undo them, remove the airbox, there will 2 little pipe as you remove it, dont worry about the thin one, the slightly thicker one attaches to the cam, you need to a little cam breather from halfords or something. Then put the air-filter on the throttle body!

 

[minnies]

There is no air-pan or carb. There is an airbox on top of a throttle body, which your need to remove. Its the big black box at the top of the engine bay. Unclip the lid, find the screws, undo them, remove the airbox, there will 2 little pipe as you remove it, dont worry about the thin one, the slightly thicker one attaches to the cam, you need to a little cam breather from halfords or something. Then put the air-filter on the throttle body!

Thank you very much, only problem is if i put the filter on top of the throttle the bonnet wont shut, been having a look around and might have to buy a induction pipe or something to put filter at front next to battery, thanks

 

[R05_Micra]

shud do, try push it on further, mine shuts ok, oer go to halfrauds n get a cold air feed pide , put that on the trottle top and put ya filer in a open space.

 

[mean micra]

minnies can you quickly measure top to bottom of filter as i've got quite a lon PipeX filter on mine and it fits fine...

post a pic if possible and have you at all tried to take it all off and put it on??

 

[JayY]

like they said mate it should fit

 

[JayY]

Thank you very much, only problem is if i put the filter on top of the throttle the bonnet wont shut, been having a look around and might have to buy a induction pipe or something to put filter at front next to battery, thanks

I would only do that if you have the correct piping, the stuff from halfords wont do the job, its far too weak. You should be able to put the filter straight on the throttle body and run a cold air feed to it

 

[Swiper]

like they said mate it should fit

it wont if the filter is too tall!!! remember he said it's a universal filter.

just buy a different filter!

 

[Titch]

Get another filter - or save up for a K&N

 

[JayY]

it wont if the filter is too tall!!! remember he said it's a universal filter.

just buy a different filter!

good point! if theres no luck get a K&N mate. Simple, guaranted to fit, and guaranted for 1million miles

 

[minnies]

Was going to get a k & n but saving up for a house, therefore dont want to spend too much on the car!!!

 

[JayY]

The only thing is with the cheap universal ones is that there filteration cannot be guaranted. Some people have said the filteration can be poor on some of them, and you will end up with a knackered throttle body...

 

[minnies]

Well, fitted the filter today, after all my fuss it went on without a problem, sounds well lush!
Filter has been checked and looks to be decent quality, people say a k & n can do 1million miles guarenteed.....cars dont though!!!!
Thanks for all ya help

 

[Swallow]

u got any pics of the filter?

 

[minnies]

As in pics of the filter alone or fitted to the car??? Have one of it not fitted but aint got round to taking a fitted on yet

 

[Swallow]

Either on its own or fitted to engine. Thanks

 

[minnies]

Either on its own or fitted to engine. Thanks

http://www.aftermarketsounds.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=448_73_187&products_id=496 its like this 1 m8, what for?

 

[Swallow]

Well I'm interested in buying a universal one myself. What sort of sound does it make?

 

[minnies]

Well I'm interested in buying a universal one myself. What sort of sound does it make?

Brooommm...lol....makes a canny roaring sound, louder than I thought it would!! I got mine off ebay, sounds well wicked, especially for a cheap and easy (well easy ish) mod..

 

[JayY]

They make the same sound really, happens as soon as you take the top of the air box...

 

[Swallow]

Ive got a K & N on my k10 so know the sort of sound it makes. However someone across the road from me had a universal funnel filter on there Rover Metro and it made a hell of a loud noise. A completely different sound to my K&N, it was like a loud suction noise. He had it on the end of a pipe, so i dont know wether that would of made it sound any different.