I almost enjoy these types of videos as much as the bad weather ones!
@faceup9257
Жыл бұрын
You are making you old VW van younger and stronger bit by bit. Please show us a full 360 view of your interior and exterior someday
@Waltygo87
Жыл бұрын
I agree! I would love a new up to date 360 in and out of the vanagon!
@comegowithMEE
Жыл бұрын
That Donaldson is a fantastic idea. That's the same type of filter system John Deere uses except they have a 2 filter system (a filter inside a filter). Like you, I've spent my time with equipment except it was forestry equipment. If you "service" that filter, get a air nozzle and blow it out from the inside. It will clean it up pretty well. We used to run that forestry equipment in so much dust we would have to blow out the filters twice a day. And welcome back Chad. Love the videos!
@DennyReichard
Жыл бұрын
Great place to mount a plastic intake. Limbs are never dragging along that part of the vehicle.
@danielknepper6884
Жыл бұрын
Everybody loves Chad from living the van life
@ManxAndy
Жыл бұрын
Agreed….👍🇮🇲👌
@RosieSanjose-wj4qn
Жыл бұрын
Yesssss
@jamesberggren9029
Жыл бұрын
No I don't. The guy is a tool.
@ivanjazvic6603
Жыл бұрын
I thougt so. You can do everything you want. Here, the rest of the planet has rules to comply for...
@ravimtts
Жыл бұрын
No, I don't love him. I just envy him
@ArchangelMichael.
Жыл бұрын
As always welcome back chad!!! It’s amazing seeing you still active and watching your amazing videos!!!
@robertdavis5714
2 ай бұрын
Westfalia only way to go. Will be my choice without question.
@MrmultiJeep
Жыл бұрын
Chad, just when I thought your ORIGINAL channel was doomed, you go and COMPLETELY redeem yourself by bringing back that beautiful VANAGON with those amazing two upgrades (Engine & Air filtration system)! As I mentioned before, I owned a 1985 VANAGON Camper which I regret selling, but I’m waiting for that new VW I.D. Buzz to restart my adventures so I can keep on truckin’!
@DavurBeder
Жыл бұрын
The original air venting goes to those louvers so they kinda come standard with a snorkel, i was on a road trip round iceland with my vanagon and a friend drove a mazda pickup and alone the height of the vanagon intake made a huge difference, i cleaned my filter every fourth time he cleaned his!
@SlowStart_jp
Жыл бұрын
It's a great channel. Vanagon is the best companion. thank you.
@tomguertin7713
Жыл бұрын
Awesome job Chad. You have to be someone that can think out of the box and modify things to work for you.
@craighoeme4845
Жыл бұрын
We use Donaldson Air filtration systems on all our diesel irrigation engines on our farm. They are a excellent system and we have used them for years with no issues.
@bigwangmark
Жыл бұрын
Nice video and nice air filter mod. I would not trust that flex tube though. It's too thin walled and easy to damage including from heat in the engine bay. I have seen flex tube collapse in on itself from the pressure created when the engine is working hard and the temps have gone up and made flextube plastic softer. Yours might be fine but still I would look at replacing it with something better. In australia we tend to use stainless steel tubing to make the best snorkel set ups but not sure what sort of accessibility you have on the van to put in a metal tube set up. Part stainless tubing along with intercooling tubing for bends should be something though that could be fitted.
@christopherharris6005
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always Chad. Living The Vanlife is such a awesome channel.
@marcusoutdoors4999
Жыл бұрын
That’s such an incredibly good solution, I’d love to see you review how it performs after a good few miles. I can’t imagine much dust getting in at all. Also it obviously means water ingress on river crossings is a non issue
@silkysmooth7900
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chad!
@janturzanski
Жыл бұрын
Great to see you sharing your experience and knowledge! I was walking my dog along an irrigation canal behind my house when I met a gentleman walking his dog and noticed he was driving a Vanagon and asked about it. He had it for years and has a Suby conversion. We talked about it and I told him about your TDI transplant and he was interested in checking out your upgrade and your awesome KZitem channel!
@DaPepster
Жыл бұрын
As a former lube tech, I highly approve of your air intake mods on this Vanagon~ B-)
@southhillfarm2795
Жыл бұрын
Some good advice on the air cleaner. This is definitely the right way to go. One of the reasons I liked my 1987 VW cargo van was due to the rear engine iwas very quiet.
@songbird788
Жыл бұрын
Chad,, you are one smart dude. I would van life with you anytime...❣️
@sharonjohnsonart
Жыл бұрын
Hello, Chad, Living the Van Life! Congratulations on your new built and your new design! Keep on trucking! 🙏🏾❤️🚐🧰🎉
@TheMightsparrow
10 ай бұрын
Glad you haven't abandoned the old girl ☝️
@bradnewby5695
Жыл бұрын
Nice out of the box thinking.
@johnnySMALLpepper
Жыл бұрын
love the Donaldson pre-cleaner system
@ManxAndy
Жыл бұрын
Evening Chad….320k on that van is impressive, even with the engine swaps, my little VW caddy van, only has 64k and it’s 12 yrs old….so the Vanigan is looking great..👍😜🇮🇲👌
@Syncrogreg
Жыл бұрын
Amazing addition to the Boxeer TDI kit!! Thank you for your clean explanation 💯👌
@RajinderKumar-lg4xz
Жыл бұрын
Great idea and health improvement to the heart of your car and extending it up top and with the pre filter!❤🇬🇧👍🏽
@vincentsmalley3073
Жыл бұрын
Bam! Nailed it perfectly
@facelesssman
Жыл бұрын
Awesome…. Looks like VanagonLife is out of the bracket….. I’ll have to check back…. Thanks for the video!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@johnnySMALLpepper
Жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. MY SUBURBAN HAS 250,000
@oscarmarfori613
Жыл бұрын
Your videos have that professional videography even the music scoring is on point 👍
@Dr_Dude
Жыл бұрын
no meal?! great to see another of your videos Chad
@jaystewart9947
Жыл бұрын
Great modification. I have a similar filter system (Donaldson) on my Kubota tractor
@drott150
Жыл бұрын
Great video and highly informative. I enjoy the Vanagon videos better than the Mercedes ones. More grass roots and normal guy accessible van-lifing IMO.
@langley1400
Жыл бұрын
Great to see a video coming thru! I had just finished watching the Baja 1000 video 👍
@LivingTheVanLife
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome! The Baja 1000 video is one of my favorites!
@OzTrax4X4
Жыл бұрын
Hey Chad Have you considered sealing off the open space around the engine? Potentially an aluminium (yep, I'm Australian haha) bashplate of some degree? That dust and dirt will eventually destroy your alternator too, and that could be a real problem when you're remote.
@ScottyAZUSA
Жыл бұрын
As perfect as it can get! Maybe even a little more positive pressure at the inlet (versus the turbulence in the engine compatrtment), and increased velocity through the rest of the elongated system. Thanks Chad.
@willemdodgerford5782
Жыл бұрын
Cool. Cant wait for the next adventure in the VW
@MegaRetr
Жыл бұрын
Awesome job Chad.
@avinashbharat5558
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see you once again bro....
@OverlandCitrus
Жыл бұрын
Nice Mod Chad great job
@takiman1
Жыл бұрын
We always use pressured air to clean the filters at the end of the day. Those filters Will last a long time if you clean them. Discharging woodchips from vessels whith a Volvo L90. It gets a bit dusty.
@keithexum7312
Жыл бұрын
Looks good nice installed. You could also install a restriction gauge on that Donelson housing .
@thedestroyeriscomingtm5568
Жыл бұрын
Are you getting ready for this winter trip let’s go 👍🏾
@richardfernandes4199
Жыл бұрын
This van is emotion🎉
@rickpierce475
3 ай бұрын
This video is wonderful! I am in the process of putting a Jetta motor in my (previously diesel) vanagon, and building the vanagon to be driven off-road quite often. I do not want to sacrifice my new engine to the dust my vanagon will see. I should have similar room on the passenger side of the engine bay, except for the fact that the diesel version has the starter battery in the right rear corner of the engine compartment. So, I will have to deal with that. I would really like to get Donaldson part numbers for the filter assemblies that you used. I went on to VanagonLife's website to find that bracket, but had no luck. Today is Saturday, but I guess I can email him to find out details on getting a bracket made. Thanks for the video! Rick P
@ruchiramunjal6061
Жыл бұрын
Great !! Welcome Back Chad.
@05Dragon1
Жыл бұрын
YES! This is what I was looking for.
@adventureswithgnomie6553
Жыл бұрын
Great Mod on the VW.
@nemoscamperadventures7563
Жыл бұрын
Chads back and really enjoyed this engine insight
@carlosmartoral6268
Жыл бұрын
Smart build!
@TerryOwens-s8w
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to thank you for showing me the world that I always wanted to see I am not able to travel to all these places I love it. I even get afraid of the heights makes me think how did he make this world so beautiful. You go slow enough to allow me time to see everything the whole time eating great food. I found you by mistake (according to the Lord above) everything happens for a reason and it does. I really enjoy your travels. Ever coming to va? 7:41
@JL-007
Жыл бұрын
Westy rules!
@troymilks7342
Жыл бұрын
That corrugated flex duct has a surprising amount of restriction.
@avsinghkahlon9999
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. I like this van of yours
@johnnySMALLpepper
Жыл бұрын
WE USED HUGE FILTERS LIKE THIS ON OUR TURBO TRUCKS.
@RosieSanjose-wj4qn
Жыл бұрын
Missed u Chad with your cinematic videos
@ahmetozdilek1355
Жыл бұрын
Where have you been ? We missed you 🎉 greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷 🇺🇸
@erichughes9098
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video, keep up with the great videos 😎👍
@STAWR28
Жыл бұрын
the filter is good, but I also recommend making engine protection to extend the life of the pulley and belt
@JohnDoe-xm9ql
Жыл бұрын
Very cool...
@scottkemp3154
Жыл бұрын
Glad to se😅e the volkswagon van i like both vans but each has something unique about them
@christianwinkelmann8477
Жыл бұрын
Well done, but it’s all done like it is buy the Syncro dune from the factory just a little bigger, found a Zyklon from the Syncro in my cubby the other day it’s for sale now.
@212caboose
6 ай бұрын
It would be cool if someone would design and 3d print a new louvre cover that has an integrated hose hook up, so it's a cleaner install...
@SparkleBearMusic
15 күн бұрын
I kind of stopped watching when you left the Vanagon… so glad it’s back in action! So, did you have to make a custom engine lid for the protruding corner of the new engine?
@acdc8175
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Love the Vanagon content!
@johnnySMALLpepper
Жыл бұрын
AWESOME CHAD.
@ricoolivier
Жыл бұрын
You got a mention on 4xOverland by Andrew StPierre-White. Seems looking to do a podcast collaboration. Would love to hear your stories!!!
@paulallen3031
Жыл бұрын
Interesting that most of the videos are involving the vw again, which makes it much more appealing to me , the vw was the original reason I started following, keep up the good work 👏
@VanagonSyncro-wj1sn
Жыл бұрын
Great job done Chad ! Super nice solution - lots of adjustments done but result looks impressive! Just one question: why did you keep to automatic transmission and did not switch to manual gear (4+G)? Would have been ideal moment when doing the Boxeer switch. Regards from Germany with a US Vanagon Gl Syncro re-imported 🫶
@frankys.1893
Жыл бұрын
In Germany, the TÜV (technical inspection association) would go nuts over this! In Germany, you have to get every change, every addition, everything you do to the car, basically, past the association, they have to approve it.
@weswarren5987
Жыл бұрын
Big Peace Sign!!!!!
@Fettuccine
Жыл бұрын
Hey Chad! Fairly new to this air filter system. What clamps did you use as well as the flex tubing? Are they available via Amazon? Also why loop it around the engine and not just go up throw the driver side? Cheers man,
@scottschultz687
Жыл бұрын
You should run a pre filter on that filter!
@MarcusAurileus
Жыл бұрын
Your van is pretty awesome. I've wondered if you have ever thought of doing a 4x4 conversion?
@LivingTheVanLife
Жыл бұрын
I certainly have. There is just too much involved and too much to go wrong. It gets me everywhere where I need to go with it in it’s 2WD
@King_TuTT
Жыл бұрын
no front and rear axle lockers??? thats a must have for me!!
@dimitristsagdis7340
Жыл бұрын
Some more detail on the part where/how the flexible hose enters the van until the engine bay would be nice, how do you secure it place, the openings, etc.
@stoneyvanwie6042
Жыл бұрын
They have rear corner vents at top of both rear corners for air cooling . He brought tubing down one side.
@dimitristsagdis7340
Жыл бұрын
@@stoneyvanwie6042 tnx
@Daermos
Жыл бұрын
So with that type of intake, I'm assuming the air turbulence from the corrugated line isn't a issue? Just curious
@grahamhayden9770
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I was thinking the same. Better with a pvc plumbing pipe or steel tube, I think!
@maukamaki
Жыл бұрын
looking great!
@ianham
10 ай бұрын
What does Greg think? Is this going to be an option note for the TDI swap?
@khkg2855
11 ай бұрын
สุรักษ์❤❤THE❤❤FC❤❤
@tylerpippin8129
10 ай бұрын
Hey Chad! Where can I find the air filter attached to your gutter rail, I can't seem to find it anywhere? thank you!
@SpicyReplays
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@59vaughn
Жыл бұрын
While you may have some nice new components..that kn was setup to fail....send it to me by the way....the key is to pull from less dirty air..mostly up front and high..kudos to your travels....
@statseasy4780
6 ай бұрын
Hey Chad, how did you modify the engine cover to clear that intercooler? Did you ever happen to show that in one of your videos?
@jasonstratton6422
Жыл бұрын
What was the engine cover you came up with?
@don76able
Жыл бұрын
Good job chad, like if it rains hard, will the rain water flow down the hose into the van?
@dravenwerkswanderer5169
Жыл бұрын
👍😎
@rcjames5286
Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@tycoonruler6455
Жыл бұрын
If not wrong the entire piping and new donalson filter could have been avoided by just adding a tubing over the existing air filter and then connecting the same to the top mounted filter. The results would be 90% or more same (longer passage of air to the engine might reduce dust however it will increase engine load as the engine has to suck the air from a long way, which might result in engine overheating and burning more oil and fuel).
@wikkidklown
2 ай бұрын
I take it that the engine cover no longer fits with that boxeer TDI huh? I know their gasoline engine says it fits in the product description but not the diesel
@uritaub5441
Жыл бұрын
I think next step is going synchro?
@jrraven3230
Жыл бұрын
👋 Chad😊
@rlucerin28
Жыл бұрын
Is heat going to be an issue with that tubing running right behind the engine? You wouldn't want to be sucking in really hot air.
@jasper_north
Жыл бұрын
Like the ULTRA APPLE watch… good commercial.
@daftDAFdriver
Жыл бұрын
Do u still use the sprinter van ? u have not featured it for a while 👍
@LivingTheVanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Most certainly have the sprinter van. I just released 3 videos featuring the sprinter van in the past 2 months.
@ivanjazvic6603
Жыл бұрын
What about homologation when conversion is done and all that additional stuf you added? Is it legal on the road?
@LivingTheVanLife
Жыл бұрын
That does not apply to anything in the USA
@Richard-Lesniclovek
Жыл бұрын
😮
@matt_salerno
7 ай бұрын
How does the engine cover fit with the engine sticking up that high?
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