Air cleaner element renewal...

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Response to   From: Dave Shreeve <shreevda@cannondale.com>
              Subject: Air cleaner element renewal...
               Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:13:01 -0500

Dave, 
	I have an 88 5ktq. And I couldn't beliee the trouble necessary to 
replace the air filter.  I asked my neighborhood Audi professional how to do 
it expecting he would know exactly what major component needed to be removed 
to replace it. He just laughed and told me there was no trick, it was in 
fact the pain in the butt that I had predicted. But gave me a couple of 
hints.
	The process I use: I remove the window wash reservoir, (your hand can 
get to the air filter housing clips through the rear). Remove the metal 
turbo pipe that goes over the top of air filter housing(may or may not be 
necessary but gives a little more breathing room). Remove the air filter 
intake tube(ya, that glued on heat shield tape also). Remove the jump start 
battery terminal post. 
	Unclip the housing clips and pull the box forward. Wiggle it nicely 
until it opens up the farthest. There should be enough space to pull the air 
cleaner out.
	
	The shortest distance between two points is always to remove all the 
major components first.

Have fun!
Paul Hutchinson
Kenosha, Wisconsin