09-01-2023, 10:00 PM
I suggest it depends on where you live (or perhaps where you drive to).
Like others here, I've never used a filter on my own cars & without obvious detriment.
I see no need for one at all in Western Europe, though on other continents and particularly in desert regions it's quite another story.
I've known at least one person with a downdraught carb who wished they had fitted one after dropping a stray nut down the intake; though a simple mesh is equally effective in this regard.
Like others here, I've never used a filter on my own cars & without obvious detriment.
I see no need for one at all in Western Europe, though on other continents and particularly in desert regions it's quite another story.
I've known at least one person with a downdraught carb who wished they had fitted one after dropping a stray nut down the intake; though a simple mesh is equally effective in this regard.