Air filter, what am I looking at here?

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Sleight

New member

• Aug 22, 2016

• #1

I bought this car used and want to clean or change out the air filter. What do I do? Take these out and clean? How?
Do I buy replacements?
What's the small guy? What size do I buy? What are these?

Gti 2.0 turbo 2010.

 

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Sleight

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• Aug 22, 2016

• #2

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Sleight

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• Aug 22, 2016

• #3

Third pic. Couldn't figure out how to upload all photos in one post

 

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red_stapler

Ready to race!

• Aug 22, 2016

• #4

That looks like one of the usual oiled gauze ones like a K&N. Follow their directions:

http://www.knfilters.com/cleaning.htm

The small one is for the air injection pump (emissions).

 

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Sleight

New member

• Aug 22, 2016

• #5

Do I clean the air injection pump one? The same way?

 

MrFancypants

Autocross Champion

• Aug 22, 2016

• #6

You're looking at a dirty air filter.

 

red_stapler

Ready to race!

• Aug 22, 2016

• #7

Sleight said:

Do I clean the air injection pump one? The same way?

Click to expand...

Yes, but smaller.

 

lilonespaz

Drag Race Newbie

• Aug 23, 2016

• #8

red_stapler said:

Yes, but smaller.

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LOL


I agree. If not take some rough measurements of the air filter.

How wide the inlet is, How wide the overall filter is, and how long the filter is, how long the inlet is.

Then you could go on http://www.knfilters.com/universal/universal.htm
and find one closest to your measurements.



Thats what i did(Mine was a non cleanable filter from CTS so i had to buy a new one)

 

lilonespaz

Drag Race Newbie

• Aug 23, 2016

• #9

also email nuespeed and ask if its cleanable or if you can purchase new filters.

 

thedude4bides

Go Kart Champion

• Aug 23, 2016

• #10

Looks like you may have bought a tuned GTI, does it have exhaust as well?

 

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Sleight

New member

• Aug 23, 2016

• #11

Stock exhaust. But, it was lowered - the wrong way, so I am going put stock Springs back in. I Need the proper mounting kit or hardware if you all could point me in the isn't place for that?

 

lilonespaz

Drag Race Newbie

• Aug 24, 2016

• #12

how do you know it was lowed the wrong way?

Want to be a little more specific?

 

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Sleight

New member

• Aug 24, 2016

• #13

Previous owner did new lowering springs only. They seem like good Springs, but didn't upgrade the shocks, but more importantly didn't use any new or proper mounting hardware. So it is very squeaky. But, now I have bad noise also coming from my steering column. Probably a manifest of the bad geometry from not doing the proper shocks and hardware with the springs.

 

lilonespaz

Drag Race Newbie

• Aug 25, 2016

• #14

Depending on what type of springs.. Driver Gear springs and a couple other use the stock shocks/struts.


However i agree that i too would change my shock and struts as well. It would probably be easier/cheaper to get coilovers and some heavy duty mounts. The mounts are what seems to cause the most noise.

 

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mic_detonator

Ready to race!

• Sep 9, 2016

• #15

any word on if it was cleanable, i'm in the same boat.

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