Just a quickie - is it hard to replace the air filter ?

[Anonymous]

I just searched, it came back as a mine field though (lots of info to go through) I went through a good few pages.

Is it easy to change the air filter element on a mk1 ? Can I just do it with the covers off ? (lean in, pop the strap thing off etc)
Or do I have to remove all of the other plastic round the engine to gain better access?

Thanks.

 

[Matt]

May be able to do it with covers on though it's fairly awkward getting to the screws underneath the box.

 

[Fred]

£90 for a new genuine renault airfilter!

 

[Matt]

£15 trade.

 

[Anonymous]

I bought a green cotton one to replace the original, was about £40 or so.

 

[Dan]

^^^

Not rate the Green cotton ones?

Dan

 

[stevo]

i have the cdm carbon box, it soungs fantastic and is really easy to fit, i found you do have to remove the top covers which takes about 15 mins, just a case of removing the screws and torque bolt things, once all removed you can do the filters,

where do you live mate, could lend a hand if needed


steve

 

[Jamesv6]

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[Matt]

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Subtle!

 

[Anonymous]

Once I take the outer plastic moulding bits off (after removing the engine covers) Is it just a case of removing the strap round the air box to gain access to it ?

Sorry to sound so dumb, I hate this sort of thing [smilie=doubt.gif]

 

[Jamesv6]

There is some good info in the Wiki that might help you http://www.v6clio.net/wiki/index.php?ti ... Air_Filter

 

[Anonymous]

Brilliant, thanks very much James

 

[Anonymous]

i have the cdm carbon box, it soungs fantastic and is really easy to fit, i found you do have to remove the top covers which takes about 15 mins, just a case of removing the screws and torque bolt things, once all removed you can do the filters,

where do you live mate, could lend a hand if needed


steve

Did you find any noticable gains other than noise with the CDM?

My sounds very noisey as is so can't understand how it could be noisier

 

[boyne]

i Take it those pics are of the ph2?? and as i need to mine we are talking about the ph1, as my engine as i see it looks abit different and the air box is more squarer ??

Cheers Roy

 

[Anonymous]

Yep, they are pics of a mk2.

 

[Anonymous]

I finally had time to do it yesterday The one on the car seemed to be the original one [smilie=icon_eek.gif] & was pretty grubby, it also looked to have part of a birds nest on it too [smilie=doubt.gif] (well a slight exageration lol)

It's quite a labourious job, lots of those silly starhead screw things to undo
The hardest part I found was getting the elastic straps back round the air box, a complete pain to do !

It's a tad louder when I hit to go pedal now, that's it really. I wasn't expecting much else tbh.

 

[Big Iain]

sho8uld really change mine too, c

 

[teun]

There is some good info in the Wiki that might help you http://www.v6clio.net/wiki/index.php?ti ... Air_Filter

Hi James, the link isn't connected anymore - can you forward the info please as I'll replace the Renault with a ITG Pro Filter and probably need some guidance....
[smilie=thanks.gif]

 

[Matt]

LINK

This should work ok.

 

[teun]

Many thanks Matt,
will give a it try tomorrow - but with the clear guidance and pictures...I'm much more confident
many thanks Teun