aberson
Well-known member
Old thread, but I'll add my experiences from doing this 30 minutes ago:
- I'd recommend a nut driver for the 2 bolts, instead of a ratchet. The bolt holding the filter box down in the front-passenger side, by the battery box, is really deep - I couldn't reach it with the 3" extension on my ratchet.
- As warned about, I dropped the nut holding the snorkel on. [Hopefully it's not jammed into any moving parts!!] I was able to conveniently replace it with a 1/4" nut I had lying around, I think it was course-thread. I'm not sure it was a perfect fit, but it looks pretty good. That nut isn't really doing anything anyway, maybe just reducing vibration on the snorkel. If you lose yours you could probably get away with a few wraps of thin wire or a twist-tie.
- My screen was about 25% crudded with gritty dirt, and some fuzzy stuff. The car is at 59k, but I bought it at 50k - doubt it's ever been cleaned before. I cleaned it by disassembling the snorkel and running my fingers over both sides of the screen.
Thanks again tdiclub!!
adam
- I'd recommend a nut driver for the 2 bolts, instead of a ratchet. The bolt holding the filter box down in the front-passenger side, by the battery box, is really deep - I couldn't reach it with the 3" extension on my ratchet.
- As warned about, I dropped the nut holding the snorkel on. [Hopefully it's not jammed into any moving parts!!] I was able to conveniently replace it with a 1/4" nut I had lying around, I think it was course-thread. I'm not sure it was a perfect fit, but it looks pretty good. That nut isn't really doing anything anyway, maybe just reducing vibration on the snorkel. If you lose yours you could probably get away with a few wraps of thin wire or a twist-tie.
- My screen was about 25% crudded with gritty dirt, and some fuzzy stuff. The car is at 59k, but I bought it at 50k - doubt it's ever been cleaned before. I cleaned it by disassembling the snorkel and running my fingers over both sides of the screen.
Thanks again tdiclub!!
adam