I hate the air cleaner system - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

Apr 11, 2012 | 09:53 PM

rsingerG35

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I hate the air cleaner system

Hi,

Didn't realize how much of a pain it is to change the air filter. THEN when I went to cut off the zip tie to move the MAF wire whole piece of plastic broke off that the zip tie goes through. And me and my OCD it's bothering me. To bad that air cleaner cover is like 85 dollars.

Apr 11, 2012 | 10:49 PM

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What?! That's like the easiest thing to do on our cars!

Apr 11, 2012 | 10:50 PM

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I am used to just having 4 clips. Not removing the entire system.

Apr 11, 2012 | 11:24 PM

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just super glue it back

Apr 12, 2012 | 11:54 AM

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If you enjoyed that one, the in cabin air filter is worse

Though both easy anyway..

Apr 12, 2012 | 04:21 PM

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I just did this as well and I honestly don't think I even zip tied the wires back. Didn't seem to be a point.

Apr 12, 2012 | 10:35 PM

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I think the intake is easy...

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Apr 12, 2012 | 11:19 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kidtronix

I'd much rather change the cabin filter over the engine air filter any day. What a PITA that intake is.

Thanks for the reminder. Gotta change mine this weekend since all the pollen is gone. What a mess my allergies have been!

Apr 12, 2012 | 11:35 PM

Tabris

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Quote:

Originally Posted by That's G

I just did this as well and I honestly don't think I even zip tied the wires back. Didn't seem to be a point.

Yeah. I clipped the zip tie to remove the wire, and simply stuck the wire back into the cut clip afterwords. It didn't look like it would matter though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kidtronix

I'd much rather change the cabin filter over the engine air filter any day. What a PITA that intake is.

Opposite for me. The engine filter had a few steps and was easy to access. The cabin filter had more steps and was a pain to get at. (Apparently.. the wire that I was struggling with/tugging on, was for the airbag...

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Apr 13, 2012 | 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by rsingerG35

If you have issues with the intake filter........you must love checking your oil....Gary

Apr 13, 2012 | 09:27 AM

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Why cut the zip tie for the MAF wire? You could've squeezed the ends of that clip with some needle nose pliers and pushed it though... Since you're all OCD.

Apr 13, 2012 | 11:05 AM

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Wow, if you had a hard time with that....might be a good idea to just have a professional work on your car from now on! Surpised you don't throw a fit when you have to pop your gas door and unscrew the cap to fill up your tank.

Apr 13, 2012 | 11:11 AM

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Man, you had to have known you were going to get burned to the ground for this thread OP

Apr 13, 2012 | 03:37 PM

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Give the guy a break, I have 20+ years in automotive and honestly the airbox was a little irritating the first time I dealt with it (sure it's easy after you have done it once but my guess is this is his first time changing the filter).

Jason