Air filter ducting????

Lynyrd Skynner · 26th March 2015, 19:41

Just been in the garage trying to remove the piece of air ducting from the front of the car , its held in place by 3 large phillips head screws and has the bellows effect ducting going back toward the engine cover .
The 3 phillips head screws just keep turning and there is a sqeaking noise like twisting rubber as you turn the screws and the screws will not come out , what am I doing wrong please....

Thanks...

steve811 · 26th March 2015, 19:48

The screws go into rubber nut type things that break off the duct and spin! You need to get in from the front and hold them with pliers or do as I did and rip the little bleeders out all together and replace with spire nuts.

KRISTLEE · 26th March 2015, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Lynyrd Skynner

Just been in the garage trying to remove the piece of air ducting from the front of the car , its held in place by 3 large phillips head screws and has the bellows effect ducting going back toward the engine cover .
The 3 phillips head screws just keep turning and there is a sqeaking noise like twisting rubber as you turn the screws and the screws will not come out , what am I doing wrong please....

Thanks...

Diesel engine right?....do what I did n lopped it off just after the bellows with a stanley knife...got fed up of having the same problem lol

Lynyrd Skynner · 26th March 2015, 19:58

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Originally Posted by steve811

The screws go into rubber nut type things that break off the duct and spin! You need to get in from the front and hold them with pliers or do as I did and rip the little bleeders out all together and replace with spire nuts.

If they break off and spin should I be able to just pull the ducting out and leave the screws in place ? because I have given the ducting a right good pull but it aint shiftin.....

steve811 · 26th March 2015, 20:09

If I remember rightly (I doubt it, old age does it's thing) you can remove the duct by removing the two screws holding it to the manifold housing then separating it at the round connection to the intake. It should then be possible to remove it back towards the engine and leave the three screws in place.

Mike Noc · 26th March 2015, 20:10

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Originally Posted by Lynyrd Skynner

If they break off and spin should I be able to just pull the ducting out and leave the screws in place ? because I have given the ducting a right good pull but it aint shiftin.....

Sadly not - they expand as the bolt goes in. If you get a hacksaw blade in you can then saw through them, holding the top with a mole wrench.

I replaced mine with the Landrover screws and spire nuts for both the intake and the undertray fixings.

Jordan Apex · 26th March 2015, 20:31

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Sadly not - they expand as the bolt goes in. If you get a hacksaw blade in you can then saw through them, holding the top with a mole wrench.

I replaced mine with the Landrover screws and spire nuts for both the intake and the undertray fixings.

Yeah, exactly what I done with mine!

Arctic · 27th March 2015, 01:34

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Originally Posted by KRISTLEE

Diesel engine right?....do what I did n lopped it off just after the bellows with a stanley knife...got fed up of having the same problem lol

Try to reinstate your air duct as you will damage your MAF cutting the air intake as you have

firefrost · 27th March 2015, 19:58

Force a nail puller or something similar under the screw head and lever upwards to put the screw in tension. This should lock the rubber nut on the inside. While maintaining the tension unscrew the screw from the rubber nut. Worked for me. Cheers.

klarzy · 27th March 2015, 21:46

the rubber bung acts like a rawlplug, so you cant pull it out...

grip screw head with moles, drill the screws off , let the bungs fall into the duct and pull the whole lot out..

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steve811 Banned Rover 75 Tourer CDT Connoisseur SE Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newport Posts: 1,906 Thanks: 107 Thanked 299 Times in 206 Posts	The screws go into rubber nut type things that break off the duct and spin! You need to get in from the front and hold them with pliers or do as I did and rip the little bleeders out all together and replace with spire nuts.

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steve811 Banned Rover 75 Tourer CDT Connoisseur SE Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newport Posts: 1,906 Thanks: 107 Thanked 299 Times in 206 Posts	If I remember rightly (I doubt it, old age does it's thing) you can remove the duct by removing the two screws holding it to the manifold housing then separating it at the round connection to the intake. It should then be possible to remove it back towards the engine and leave the three screws in place.

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firefrost Avid contributor rover 75 cdti 54 auto Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Lanarkshire Posts: 103 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Force a nail puller or something similar under the screw head and lever upwards to put the screw in tension. This should lock the rubber nut on the inside. While maintaining the tension unscrew the screw from the rubber nut. Worked for me. Cheers.