URGENT help requested- need to see if my dealer has ruined my engine
02-19-2006, 12:34 PM
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URGENT help requested- need to see if my dealer has ruined my engine
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16550/air_filter_004_30.jpg"></center><p>This may be unwarrented concern, but I think when I had my last oil change, my dealer took out my air filter and didn't put in a new one, so I may have been sucking dirty air for the last 5000 miles. I pulled the air intake duct to get to my right burned out headlight, and I could swear there used to be a filter in here. I pulled the rest of the duct, which I'm pretty sure I've never done before, and I found another filter which was intact but filthy, so hopefully if I'm correct, no terrible damage was done. (Please see the next post for a pic of what I'm thinking may be the secondary filter, I can't figure out how to post multiple pictures in one post.) If I've been driving without an air filter for the last 5000 miles (with a recent snowstorm and salt, no less), what can I do to check for and minimize any damage?
02-19-2006, 12:55 PM
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Is that the only air filter? I could have sworn there was one in the flexible looking part of the
ductwork, as seen in the first pic. If not, I feel pretty sheepish for getting so excited over nothing...
02-19-2006, 12:56 PM
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that secondary filter is your pre-filter, used to catch large objects like road salt, pebbles...
and large particles of dirt, etc. Many people here have removed theirs without any trouble. I did the same when I had my B6. If that's all that was missing, then you have nothing to worry about. it's the large filter that really counts.
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02-19-2006, 02:17 PM
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I Am An Idiot
I don't know what I was misremembering, but I just went and pulled all the ducts again and I found the filter down in the airbox. I can't believe I've had this car for 4 1/2 years and I just now figured out where the air filter is located. I am embarrassed and ashamed. Sorry for wasting everyone's time, and my apologies to the dealer for assuming the worst. Thanks for your help, I'm glad I asked here before I went and made a fool of myself at the dealership!
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