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Can someone explain what the turbo vent filter is actually for?
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Thanks for the reply. Mine appears never to have been changed so will do that. Is it important to get a Land Rover one?
It protects the breather pipe that comes from the vacuum-actuated variable vane mechanism on the turbo. This pipe allows pressure to equalise on the non-vacuum side of the diaphragm, and the filter stops sh!te from being drawn in.
I am confused now. The part Wammers has sent a link for is the part I was on about.
Is there also a vent filter for the turbo as well or just this EGR modulator breather filter?
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I don't think you understand how the modulator works. One end of the filter must be free to atmosphere.There's only one filter in the TD4 vacuum system. It's sole purpose is to keep debris out of the atmospheric side turbo vane actuator. It's nothing to do with the EGR system. The EGR vacuum actuator has an atomistic port, on the atmospheric side of its diaphragm. It's a simple hole, as that is all that's needed. The EGR diaphragm is stainless steel, so more resilient than the turbo actuator's composite material.
I don't think you understand how the modulator works. One end of the filter must be free to atmosphere.
The filter is called an EGR modulator breather as it was first used on Td5 Defender and Discovery 2 in that application.
The Td4 EGR modulator has a built in filter on the "atmospheric" side so doesn't need a separate pipe and filter
^^^ Why does he keep going on about EGR modulators while we're talking about the turbo vent filter?