Air Filter - is this installed correctly?

[radiohead1075]

So I took on the grueling task of replacing the air filter in my 2008 GTI yesterday. I notice that the air filter is not fully enclosed in the engine cover. The filter element is not exposed per se, but the orange lip, see photo, that goes around the filter is. Did I install this incorrectly?

(The filter is OEM, picked it up from my dealer.)

 

[JDraft]

I don't see anything.

 

[petsy]

iirc part of the sealing rubber for the filter can be seen from the outside.

JDdraft use this direct url to view the image, http://uploader.ws/upload/200906/airfilter.jpg

 

[silversleeper]

the filter can only sit in the engine cover one way.

 

[radiohead1075]

the filter can only sit in the engine cover one way.

I realize this. No past cars of mine ever had any part of the filter exposed. I'm probably a little paranoid because I did not notice if this was the case before replacing the original air filter.