Front air intakes

[aalonso]

This may be a silly question. On my way down today to Washington DC, I was driving on I95, when suddenly a truck spilled a whole bunch of dry hay and leaves approximately a few humdred yards in front of my car. I was driving at about 65mph. My question is; is there some kind of wire mesh or grille inside the air intakes that would catch any flying debris? I looked after i arrived to dc, but i couldn't really see any debris or leaves. Thanks

[cobradav]

No screens. The air via intakes on either side of lower grill cool the brakes. Other path into filter. To check filter do this:

First you're going to want to unclip the 5 clips holding the top of the plastic air box on. They're just regular clips where you push the plastic end down and the metal portion is released. The clip on the bottom right corner was a little tough to unclip due to the obstructions there. Use a long screwdriver from the top right side and you can do it.
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OPTIONAL - Loosen the screw on the clamp and remove the electronic sensor which is already disconnected in the picture. This is done to prevent any breaking if you bounce the box around later.
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Then you can gently pop the top cover off and rotate it 180 degrees to see the charcoal filter. The filter is held on by clips from the other side. A screw driver can be used to pry off the filter slowly. The filter is already loosened in the picture below. You can see the clip locations in the second picture. If you take off the filter and the clips remain on the box cover make sure to remove them. You don't want those things in your engine!
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Remove the orange air filter and to clean off the bottom side. Also you should clean out all the junk inside the bottom of the air filter box. You may want to tap the air filter to eliminate some dirt.
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Can't you be any more helpful, Cobradav? :dunno:

By the way, when I was looking for the horrible smell in the M6 a couple of months ago (was it that long ago?), the service station mechanic went through the same drill and opened up both air filters. They are surprisingly similar to the cylinder-deprived version.

[BHR4CE1]

check filter do this


I still don't get it...could you be more SPECIFIC???

Maybe scaled drawings with a video as well?


:greenlaff:

:greenlaff:

:greenlaff:

check filter do this


I still don't get it...could you be more SPECIFIC???

Maybe scaled drawings with a video as well?


:greenlaff:

:greenlaff:

:greenlaff:
Looks like you forgot all about this Bear. Don't Bears have good memories. Oh, that's elephants. Oh my.

[BHR4CE1]

Looks like you forgot all about this Bear. Don't Bears have good memories. Oh, that's elephants. Oh my.


Be careful, buddy.

You know what that "gunk" is between the elephant's toes? Slow Lawyers.

No screens. The air via intakes on either side of lower grill cool the brakes. Other path into filter. To check filter do this: ...


:scared: You guys have lots of courage to do all that. :bow: I don't. I'm afraid the car will blow up or something.