Hi Chris,

Good point on the simplistic instructions. The filter is so difficult, most quick lube places wind up busting things trying to sell you a $20 filter you could buy yourself for $5.

By now you probably have learned you have to loosen the clamps on all the piping into the Air Mass Meter and unbolt the AMM from its bracket, to make room enough to lift out that filter. If you don't you'll surely break something. Then, if you don't get it all back together in the same alignment as you removed it, the AMM to throttle body hose - the corrugated one - will twist into the strut tower and rub itself a new hole later.

Be sure to check the operation of the airbox thermostat. It is likely not working. If you still have an intact metal hose between the exhaust manifold and the filter box, this can bring hot air to the expensive AMM and, I am told, shorten its life. Either disable that hot air source or buy a new airbox thermostat. Good place to start with preventive maintenance.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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