Ford F53 chassis air filter problem
I had something happen on my cross TN trip last week. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and might know a fix. First I have a 1999 Holiday Rambler that is built on the Ford F53 chass...
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C-Leigh Racing wrote:
We have a 99 H/R F53 & what I did, was took a long piece of sewer drain hose & mounted it to the bottom of the air filter box & then routed it around to the drivers side & then up to as high as I could get it up under the hood.
Once the hose was in place & tied down so it would stay in place, I made up a cone shaped thing out of screen wire to go over the end of the sewer hose to keep any unwanted pest out of the hose.
So far it has worked real well, not had to replace the air filter in a good many miles so I'm pleased.
The sewer hose I used, was the gray stiff like hose, not the cheaper thin flexible type that you can find most anywhere.
In the future, I plan on changing the hose out for a larger I.D hose, to hopefully provide a bit more air flow into the intake.
The old GBM we had with a 460, used some aluminum type 4" dryer hose & made a cold air intake for it & had the open end of the hose right to the grill opening. Never had a wet air filters on it, so must have had something to do with the size of the hose or air flowing through it slow enough not to carry any rain on & into the filter.
Neil
Did the same fix during the course of one very rainy trip when the issue started to arise with our old gasser (2000 Fleetwood Storm w/V-10). Removed the cowling from the bottom of the air cleaner assembly (was just held on with a couple of small bolts). Strapped on a length of that 4" diameter aluminum dryer hose purchased from a nearby hardware store along with a couple of hose clamps. Then, brought the other end up and slightly above the grill opening and secured with a couple of plastic tie-wraps. Worked like a charm.
If memory serves me correct, I believe that I had to do some minor trimming of some of the plastic at the bottom of the air cleaner assembly with a utility knife, in order to make the hose fit well.
At one time, there were several threads regarding this problem. If you do a search on "Water ingestion", you may find more info on this issue.
