Checking and replacing the air filter
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Joined: 01-09-2007
Posts: 16,081
From: SE USA
Hi, I'm fairly new to the group and just wanted to say hello. I replaced the stock paper filter with a K & N the first year after I bought the car and boy I wish I had seen the post by Black Rose first. It was a major pain to replace... Seems like car manufacturers just try to make what should be an easy repair/replacement, harder.
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Joined: 04-09-2006
Posts: 7,043
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
In case anyone needs to replace the grommets/insulators, here is a quote from Waldo posted just the other day:
"I just did the solenoid replacement, and also had the front grommet fall apart on me. GM calls this part an "Insulator". It's part #12563914, and it's current list is $3.47."
"I just did the solenoid replacement, and also had the front grommet fall apart on me. GM calls this part an "Insulator". It's part #12563914, and it's current list is $3.47."
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Joined: 06-19-2013
Posts: 69
From: sheboygan , wi
maf sensor question
I'm gonna try the same thing lunchbox did with the air cleaner assembly. My question is does the maf sensor need to go all the way across the intake pipe and is the distance of the maf sensor from the throttle body cruicial?
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Joined: 01-23-2009
Posts: 26,448
From: Fredericksburg,VA
I don't think distance is critical, it just needs to be in the air flow before the butterfly.
Orientation is critical.
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Joined: 06-21-2012
Posts: 49
From: PA
what's with the whining? Took me 10 minutes to remove the housing, undo the bolts replace the filter and re-install the whole mess - if those who indicated hours are serious perhaps they shouldn't work on their own cars ...
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Joined: 05-09-2006
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From: "Upland" Mesa, Arizona
