When I purchased my '93 4x2 Club Cab V-8 brand new, it had the filter
wrap on the paper filter that you are describing. I would assume that
all Dakota's came with this from the factory.
I would guess that it's function is to stop the big crustys (butterflies,
grasshoppers, leaves etc.) from lodging in the paper pleats of the
filter.
When I installed the K&N filtercharger at 15,000 miles, the paper filter
element and the pre-filter wrap in question were both relegated to
dumpster duty.
Greg Smith <gmsmith@uiuc.edu>
1993 Dodge Dakota Club Cab LE 4x2 V-8
On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Jason Bleazard wrote:
> I purchased my 95 4x4 Sport (six cylinder) used and thought I might take a
> look and see what kind of condition the air filter was in. Much to my
> surprise, I found that there was a strip of fairly thick material around
> the filter. It looks as though it is wearing a wool sweater or something.
> This material was obviously designed to be wrapped around an air filter,
> as it fits perfectly.
>
> Has anybody seen this before? Why is this on there? I've never seen
> anything like this. It seems to me like this is the opposite of what I
> want, but I thought I should probably find out why it was on there before
> I go pulling it off.
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> -- Jason Bleazard
> drazaelb@xmission.com
>
> Psi Corps is your friend. Trust Psi Corps.
>
>
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