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ian harvey

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The lower/back clip on my air-filter housing no longer works locates. I'm pretty certain that the plastic lug that the hidden part of the clip attaches to has worn away such that it no longer offers a sufficient anchor point but I may be wrong. It is not possible to see this without taking things apart or maybe using a mirror.

I guess that I'm not the first person to experience this, I wondered if there was any advice in how to carry out a repair, please.

Ian
 
You can relatively easy (though not too easy on the back) fiddle about and remove the plastic housing 6mm set screws/bolts to remove the housing and make your repairs or replacement. There's usually one floating around on ebay occasionally. Otherwise, while the housing is out you could I guess, drill a pilot hole where the (alleged) broken lug is and screw through it from the inside a decent size self tapper that the cover clip can latch on to. Better from trom the inside so a neater finish that doesn't foul or make difficult changing the air filter later on. The greater the self tapper thread pitch, the the more 'V' room for the clip retainer - if you know what I mean.
 
Quite a few dump the airbox assembly for the K&N filter arrangement, so might be worth asking around (breakers or indies that you know)... maybe they have a better condition one on the cheap.
 
So K&N or not? And original housing or not? I read that the oil on the filter, particularly when new could interfere with the air mass measurement.
 

ORIGINAL: King Tiger

So K&N or not? And original housing or not? I read that the oil on the filter, particularly when new could interfere with the air mass measurement.
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The only thing anyone has demonstrated that a K&N filter does (replacement cone assembly or panel filter in standard box) is that it makes more induction noise. There's no extra power and possibly slightly less in warm conditions with the cone as it's sucking warm air from the engine bay - the standard trumpet takes 'fresher air' from the grill. The standard set up with paper filter when using the normal air flow meter is about as good as it gets on a 964.
 
Yup, I don't see any alternative as any improvement on what there is there already - maybe aesthetically (subjective), but that's it. Tried it myself but after a while never quite happy with the 'dirty' filter look and wasn't really up for another fiddly task of cleaning it every year. The only modification I see that is popular is the drilled box cover...
 
Sorted with a careful couple of holes drilled near to the worn plastic lug and a tie-wrap to secure the clip.

Standard air-box with K and N insert, btw. I like the drilled airbox for sound but I'm right on the 105dB limit so no good for track
 
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