How does this stuff get in there?
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How does this stuff get in there?
OK, so I know how it got into the air filter box on my C32. I just have to wonder what the odds are that I would manage to get what looks like half of a redwood fence post through my grill, into the intake, down the tube, past the baffles and around the curve into the bottom of the box.
I discovered the sticks (and bug's head) along with some sand and various small rocks in the box when I was checking my air filters yesterday.
Anyone else finding odd materials in theirs? Please share.
I discovered the sticks (and bug's head) along with some sand and various small rocks in the box when I was checking my air filters yesterday.
Anyone else finding odd materials in theirs? Please share.
Last edited by ScottW911; Jun 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM.
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Not an AMG :(
That looks about normal! Obviously what you find in there is a function of where you live - I've also found a piece of string, bird feathers, and what looks to be a plastic candy wrapper!
Glad those filters are in place before the supercharger!
Glad those filters are in place before the supercharger!
OK, so I know how it got into the air filter box on my C32. I just have to wonder what the odds are that I would manage to get what looks like half of a redwood fence post through my grill, into the intake, down the tube, past the baffles and around the curve into the bottom of the box.
I discovered the sticks (and bug's head) along with some sand and various small rocks in the box when I was checking my air filters yesterday.
Anyone else finding odd materials in theirs? Please share.
I discovered the sticks (and bug's head) along with some sand and various small rocks in the box when I was checking my air filters yesterday.
Anyone else finding odd materials in theirs? Please share.
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Whose fence did you plough through, Scott? :)
Discovered good-sized pebbles, cigarette butts, insect parts of unknown ancestry, and a prophylactic wrapper in mine during past filter maintenance. Rather pleased they never made it further downstream into the supercharger’s rotors.
Discovered good-sized pebbles, cigarette butts, insect parts of unknown ancestry, and a prophylactic wrapper in mine during past filter maintenance. Rather pleased they never made it further downstream into the supercharger’s rotors.
