replacing air filter

[Chuckles]

I'm really embarrassed to ask this question, but my previous car was old enough that the engine compartment of my new Mazda3 is completely mysterious to me. It looks more like a car trunk (carrying a bunch of boxes).

Anyway I bought a K&N filter but I can't for the life of me find where it should go. All help appreciated.

 

[TheMAN]

pop off the battery cover, then remove the little plastic clips that hold the battery cooling duct near the headlight, take that off and you'll see the airbox

 

[Chuckles]

OK, many thanks!

 

[C-Bass]

I'm really embarrassed to ask this question, but my previous car was old enough that the engine compartment of my new Mazda3 is completely mysterious to me. It looks more like a car trunk (carrying a bunch of boxes).

Anyway I bought a K&N filter but I can't for the life of me find where it should go. All help appreciated.

Haha, yeah. I looked under the hood of a friend's GTI last weekend and was dumbfounded. There's so much plastic under there it would make Barbie jealous. As is becoming increasingly common, the motor had a plastic cover over the valve cover, but on this car, the intake plumbing was integrated into it. Guess that's one way to keep people from installing hardpipes or a CAI, it would be pretty easy to tell if the factory piping had been dremeled off of the valve cover cover.

 

[WetsuitxNinja]

mmmm Barbies