Hey i had the aem intake put in by the dealer bc i am nice to them so they did it for free, seriously guys just bring them dognuts when u drop the car off and after a few times u will notice the car is detailed, touched up with paint, oil changes for 50%..... so anyways i need help, how do i remove the intake to get the K&N filter out so that i can clean it. it has been amost a year sence i have cleaned it and it needs it bad!

 

why dont you bring ur dealer some donuts and tell them you need to change ur filter

 

dognuts?:yack:

 

what dealership in NJ do you go to?

 

LOL

 

 

bill vances lol come on guys how the hell do i get the filter out?

 

get down under the car, remove the plastic cover & unscrew the filter. btw, u need to have a very short screwdriver. otherwise, it's kinda hard to unscrew coz of lack of space. mine actually remove the whole intake the first time so as to get it done.

 

i just tried doin that and it seems like it is soo tight with the rubber around, does that whole assembly need to come off?

 

true, it's much easier to have the whole assembly come off & it doesn't take long though.

 

Jack the driver's side up and go under the car. Unscrew the ring that is around the filter and then pull it out. You might need to turn it to the left and right to loosen.

 

or you could just take iff the front bumper cover, it only takes about 3 min to take it off

 

I cleaned mine prior to this ice age we are experiencing this winter. Just take out the whole assembly. That way, you can also clean the pipe. Don't think that just because the filter is there, that the pipe is squeaky clean inside. I was actually surprised as to how much dust can accumulate in there. Flush the pipe with water too just to have a complete cleanup. My philosophy is, why do a half ass job just cleaning the filter? If you're gonna spend that time, why not clean out the whole intake? The whole thing didn't even take me 30 minutes. While I let the filter drip dry, I washed the car too. Kill two birds with one stone.

axleback

 

how do i take the front bumper off

 

Hey snow dude, your dealer seriously put in the Aem CAI for free? That is awesome. So the intake doesn't void you warranty huh? Do you have a TLS? How did you get the dealer to do that for you?

 

he brought them "dognuts". lol hahahah