Hi Mowerfreak,
Yes the Victa genuine ones used to fit nice and snug on the air snorkel and the cap keeps it on tight. But after I got that dodgy one it was loose fitting where it sits on the snorkel inlet, so the actual round opening on the air filter is a bit too wide than the bit on the snorkel, you could actually move it side to side a bit where it meets the snorkel inlet. So I thought now that I have to use these aftermarket ones that don't fit tightly on the inlet as the Victa ones used to. I probably need that foam ring on the bottom as extra insurance to help keep the dirt from going straight in through a fine gap where it joins.
I guess it's quite dusty when I mow around here, alot of sections of dry dusty dirt everywhere. I usually just see in through the groove on the throttle housing at the amount of dirt on the air filter. Also I get the air filters and the foam dust seals cheaply now so I just change them out when they look dirty.
I never used the foam dust seals when I used the original Victa air filters. But I do wonder even though they were tight fitting on the snorkel, how perfect they actually did seal where the filter meets the snorkel. Well at least I hope they were a pretty good seal..lol
Cheers!
Last edited by Converse; 22/02/19 01:27 AM.
