OMFG!! K&N filter

[Call.me.Junior]

If anything else is has hard for me as putting in the K&N filter was... I'm paying someone else to do it. I love VW, but the engineers that came up with that set up is CRAZY!!!!!

 

[tmrakip]

Fun wasn't it!?! I was going WTF the whole time

 

[MPR_GTI]

any pic?

is it the same filter as audi a3?

 

[HotLanta MKfizzle]

it's a pain in da ass getting that engine cover off, but after that it's a drop in the bucket.

 

[nomios]

Yea, it's crazy how hard you have to pull on the cover to get it off.

 

[Wantagti]

Felt the same way. Insane. Much easier with someone else pulling on the cover at the opposite front corner.

 

[Wild Hare]

It's something isn't it. CAD designing is great on the hands and fingers!

 

[CopperAddict]

I didn't have a hard time getting the airbox off. My problem was reconnecting the downtubes that connect in the back left corner.

I broke a couple tabs trying to get them reconnected.

Pete

 

[Temper]

I try not to pull on it too hard.. makes me sore.

 

[Call.me.Junior]

i was practically in the engine bay pulling up on the cover to get the damn thing off. i had to have my knees right above the grille (where the stickers for the engine are) in order to get the leverage i needed to pull up. Being short seemed to be a big disadvantage. my hands hurt from the edges of the plastic and my back hurts... and i was almost late for work because i didn't think it was going to take me that freaking long.
Sorry no pics, but the K&N part number 33-2888... says it for the jetta, but works on the GTI.

 

[tmrakip]

It's something isn't it. CAD designing is great on the hands and fingers!

My engine cover has a nice blood stain battle scar on it from doing my K&N a few weeks ago :tongue:

 

[Wantagti]

My cover has cut me several times. VW should help out Gillette.

 

[MMD]

jsut wiggle the cover hardly from both sides......

we were 3 guys wiggle it in order

i know its a pain the ass......

 

[tydale3]

Once i figured it out it wasnt that hard. I did however put white grease in the grometts. They second time i took it off was much easier. That monster spring clamp on the intake hose is a joke thou!!!!! Mine got a stainless hose clamp. It looks better and is a whole lot easier to work with.

 

[A1Drewski]

sorry it was so tough junior, I have not tried to get it off yet myself. how do you folks like the k&n filter? does it do anything? I put one in my parents car and like it.