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C43 Airbox PITA install
Can't seem to get the stock Airbox fully seated onto the MAF. Any suggestions?
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Does the box sit properly on the mounts and is still not flush with the maf or are you having a problem pressing the box onto the four mounts?
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Can't seem to get the stock Airbox fully seated onto the MAF. Any suggestions?
Make sure your mounting tabs aren't a little bent.
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Originally Posted by eFifty5AMG
Make sure your mounting tabs aren't a little bent.
Whenever I get the back of the intake on the MAF, soon as I push down the front into the tabs, rear pops off the MAF. Nothing is bent. Very frustrating
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I think your ring shaped support that wraps around the maf housing and grabs onto the engine might be broken
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I think your ring shaped support that wraps around the maf housing and grabs onto the engine might be broken
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my thoughts too
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Yeah, in some cases; during pressing airbox hardly, MAF clip or MAF elbow clip (that attaches to the TB) could broken,

prefer to remove & check everything related to the upper & lower MAF clipes..

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Originally Posted by cm60k
Yeah, in some cases; during pressing airbox hardly, MAF clip or MAF elbow clip (that attaches to the TB) could broken,

prefer to remove & check everything related to the upper & lower MAF clipes..

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Nothing looks broken and the MAF is securely in place
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Good,

do you check if "4" small rubbers (in the head covers) set properly..?

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Originally Posted by PJmak
Does the box sit properly on the mounts and is still not flush with the maf or are you having a problem pressing the box onto the four mounts?
Sure enough, driver side rear was bent. Straightened it out and fixed!
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They should to be "4", and check the airbox clips (that holds to those rubbers), not moves or turns..!!

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