raudiace4

I can't believe MB cheaps out on **** like this. It's made out of some terrible fabric. It rips easily, and even worse than that little pieces/crumbs of it get sucked into the air boxes and get trapped in the filter.

Anyone have any good replacement for these? Thinking about just cutting that crap out and replacing with flexible plastic 3" piping.

PeterUbers

https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/...going-bad.html

chiromikey

Quite a few threads on this already...

AMGNEEDSPEED

Had both the left and right side replaced under warranty within the last 6 months. Sucks that it is a common thing on a 110k+ car.

dav461

So many complains about it. I'm just curious what you do to it that it bursts

raudiace4

If you ever change your air filters, which you should every other oil change... it will happen.

AG6

Are there any aftermarket replacement for these that are more durable.

dav461

40,000km. 9 changes , still like new. Maybe it's all about who is dealing with it lool

chiromikey

All it takes is one careless tech, getting it snagged, or a combination of heat and other environmental factors to deteriorate the glued wrap and it's game over. Hopefully you'll find it only beginning to fail and not after it's completely sucked into your air box blocking air flow.

Stereolab42

Apparently this is the solution (Spectre Performance 8741 Black 3" Air Duct Hose):


Just ordered a couple for myself.

AMGNEEDSPEED

Just looked at my little sister's W213 2017 E300 and looks like Mercedes took notice because this looks allot more sturdy than the W212s.

PeterUbers

I think it's gotta be more expensive to use cloth/wire than cheap plastic --- there's gotta be some advantage to the fabric intakes

chiromikey

It resists the transfer of heat

vdubpower

maybe their not changing your oil


yeah i had mine replaced after making fuss with SA...i have ext war....but yea its a BS design..both sides were bad

on my dads m278 in the s550, they use a different more rigid material but its hard a fudge to get them in place

Michael Mailhot

Cut the inlet pipe put hard metal tube and you never had problem again with that

raudiace4

Aren't you special!

raudiace4

Yeah that's my plan, and to wrap it with JEGGS reflective heat wrap.

dav461

No, I just use reliable service .and advice you the same...everything can be broken if you want so😉

gaspam

MMMMMMMM cookie

raudiace4

Decided to make my own. Much better than the OEM solution.

6speeddave

Pics are dead.

PeterUbers

6speeddave

Thanks Peter! Pics installed in the car?

Vegetax

I have a fabricator findind a solution for this, using a aluminum pipe. You guys interested?

TTMerc

Here they are installed. You can either re-use the stock inlet connectors (Shown on top) or use the ones provided with the plastic pipes (shown on bottom). I've done both and like the above.