Has anyone actually removed their air filter on a 1.0TSI Arona yet, if the spark plugs have been replaced then the air filter will have been removed.
But, if anyone has removed it themselves, did they find that the rubber coupler that is meant to be part of the intake manifold, has come detached from the intake manifold?
There is a large spring clip that fastens this coupler to the air filter housing stub, I did remove that first, but when I lifted the air filter assembly off the car, I discovered that the intake's rubber coupler was still (just) attached to the air filter housing, and now not a fixed part of the intake manifold.
On this car, a local VW Group Indie had removed the air cleaner assembly at the 4 year (26K miles) point to make sure that it was still okay to continue to use! I would have thought that if VW Group recommend a 6 year X,000miles replacement that it would not have been removed at the 4 year and 26K miles service, but there you go.
So, my assumption is, someone that got in before me, just didn't get round to removing the large spring clip, and so just pulled the air filter housing off its mounts and that intake coupler gave way, too late to argue/discuss that now as my daughter or her husband got that 4 year service carried out back in May 2023!
I've advised them to get a new intake manifold fitted ASAP.
But, if anyone has removed it themselves, did they find that the rubber coupler that is meant to be part of the intake manifold, has come detached from the intake manifold?
There is a large spring clip that fastens this coupler to the air filter housing stub, I did remove that first, but when I lifted the air filter assembly off the car, I discovered that the intake's rubber coupler was still (just) attached to the air filter housing, and now not a fixed part of the intake manifold.
On this car, a local VW Group Indie had removed the air cleaner assembly at the 4 year (26K miles) point to make sure that it was still okay to continue to use! I would have thought that if VW Group recommend a 6 year X,000miles replacement that it would not have been removed at the 4 year and 26K miles service, but there you go.
So, my assumption is, someone that got in before me, just didn't get round to removing the large spring clip, and so just pulled the air filter housing off its mounts and that intake coupler gave way, too late to argue/discuss that now as my daughter or her husband got that 4 year service carried out back in May 2023!
I've advised them to get a new intake manifold fitted ASAP.
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