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Old Jul 7, 2023 | 10:29 PM
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PZEV W211 E350 Odd Filter...

Hello,

I'm trying to find a filter for my vehicle, but this is a rather odd one. From what I've gathered from the W211 FB group, this filter is and the housing for the filter is different due to my vehicle being a PZEV car. The problem is, I need to replace this filter and can't seem to find the part number anywhere. So here's what a normal W211 housing looks like for the engine air filter:



And here's mine. See how the tabs are different? The housing in itself is different.
W211 non-pzev filter housing.

my w211 filter housing (pzev version)


Does anyone know where I can find this filter? To be clear, this setup actually DOES have a yellow Mann filter as well, it sits on top of this. Given how the tabs are designed on mine I'm almost positive this is by design. You can tell the housing is different for non PZEV vehicles. Originally I had thought maybe the dealer had messed up, it does appear to be correct.

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Old Jul 9, 2023 | 01:45 PM
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that is a good question, mine has that grayish filter on both side that is part of the intake assembly but the regular filter is yellow. You are definitely missing one on it.
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Originally Posted by comradeandrew

my w211 filter housing (pzev version)
I assume you did pull out that filter element, and there were no part numbers on sides?

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Old Jul 9, 2023 | 04:58 PM
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I've looked at it before and couldn't find a part number for the filters. You'd have to replace the whole housing to get those. A2730901101 It's a different part number than the non PZEV one.
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