XJguy

I've been restoring my car for the past 6 months now. Today, I was working on the front fenders and after I took off the fender liner I noticed some foam stuffed up in there (passenger side). I pulled it out and its shaped like the letter "I". It was partially blocking the hole where the cold air intake would be if this car were a diesel. My question is is that supposed to be there and if so is it supposed to be on both sides? I know that my car had been in minor accident prior to me purchasing it, so I wonder what is right and not.

I looked up on EPC and the foam is nowhere to be found for the 94 E320, but I did see the exact item for the E500 (states 2 needed), says seal: A1246285998. But what does this seal?