[C320-list] Perkins Perama M30 Engine Air Cleaner

[Mark Cole]

Dave;

I haven’t looked seriously for the air filter on my Perkins M30, but I think I’ve seen it when looking from the rear of the engine.  It is a small box at the top of the engine with a metal screen.  The last diesel engine I owned had the same style air filter and it didn’t require any maintenance.  From what I was told, engines on a boat aren’t subject to the same dust and debris in the air as vehicles on the road.

Mark
Fiddler’s Green, #8

> On Jun 17, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Dave Hupe <hoopdtwo at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I can't find an air cleaner/filter on my Perkins M30nengine.  The available engine diagram shows "Induction Cap" near the engine top (close to the oil filler cap) where there is a metal screen on my engine that looks like it would be the place for an air filter to be housed behind it, but the metal screen is not easily removable (two screws ...... one screw is inaccessible/behind something else).  
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> I read a post that suggests that the metal screen IS the air filter; whereas, a Perkins workshop manual I have talks about a cyclonic filter with a cleanable paper element. 
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> Can anyone provide any guidance about this? 
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> Dave Hupe
> 1994 (Hull #32) 
> Holland, MI
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