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07-25-2011, 04:08 PM | #1 |
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Bugs in the air intake - Should I clean inside?
I've noticed on highway trips that lots of Dragonflies get sucked in through the left hood air intake. When I look under the hood it looks like this is the main air intake for the engine. Does the system have a way of spitting those out somewhere or should I be going into the airbox to take them out periodically? I just had the car in for service (oil change). Is that something the dealer would normally do at a routine service?
It seems a bit odd that the screen has such big holes in it as so many bugs just get sucked right in. |
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Yes. I assume by "clean" he means beat it against the floor to get loose things out, not like dip it in water and/or soap and clean it. Please don't do that. But yeah, along the side of the top of the air box there should be a few torx bolts, maybe 6 or 8, just loosen them (you don't have to remove them entirely, you'll know what I'm talking about when you start to remove them) and then pull the airbox up and out. Filter will be there, just push it against the spring/nub (again you'll know what I'm talking about) and pull the filter out. I'd just tap the hard plastic portion of it against the ground at an angle a few times until everything falls out. Install directions are reverse of the aforementioned.
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You probably don't even have to remove the filter. The bugs and what not will be laying in the bottom of the box. It gets really annoying in the fall because the leaves that end up in there will float up to the inside of the hood vent when you are driving.
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07-27-2011, 05:49 PM | #10 |
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i clean mine as well..
1. take it out 2. tap it on the floor (repeat process on each corner) 3. put it back. 4. done.
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