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Old 06-20-2009, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='110592' date='Apr 3 2005, 03:45 PM
Oh... oh boy... sounds like we need to spray from under the passenger foot well and let it suck. Sounds easy... but I bet somthings going to go wrong.... :'(
So in the end ..... what do we do with that smell ? if we don't have time to go through all those steps ? How much is the dealler going to charge for this job ?
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I changed the air filter today, boy what a difference it made in performance, I didn't realize how much it needed changed. Thanks for all the posts on helping with this guys.

Question: I noticed another filter that is seated in the air filter cover - the top portion that you have to pull off to change the air filter. Maybe it goes to a mass air sensor or something? Anyway, does this need changed too?
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That's the charcoal filter. Feel free to leave that out of the airbox.
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Originally Posted by vkhong
That's the charcoal filter. Feel free to leave that out of the airbox.

Thanks for you're response vkhong. Hmmmm, it appears to be providing filtration for something else that requires air flow????
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Originally Posted by w84me
Thanks for you're response vkhong. Hmmmm, it appears to be providing filtration for something else that requires air flow????

Answered my own question, putting link here for continuity

Charcoal filter removal with pics: (good pics of air filter too)

https://5series.net/forums/topic/217...ilter-removal/
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