Changing the air filter on a 1990 Audi 80 Quattro?

It could be worse and the instructions might simply read....... removal steps

1. "Take out old filter"

1. "Reverse removal steps to install"

some repair manuals are just useless on certain repairs, but helpful on others! ;-)

I suspect the OP is having trouble finding where the filter is....! I'm not familiar with the 80 but there should be a large square or round black plastic box that contains the filter. There are probably some clips that hold the top on or hold the 2 halves together. It's and easy job.

Dan D '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6 Central NJ USA

Well on some of the Audi with the 5 cylinders it might be a little harder than others with 4 cylinders. ;-) It "SHOULD" be easy but I have not seen an Audi 80 Quattro, so I don't know. I would ASSuME that the air filter is on the right side of the engine compartment and can be found by following the large intake boot from the intake manifold.

If this is a turbo engine then all bets are off! lol

It's a monster PITA to get to. It's on the left front. And the fuel distributor is part of the top of the airbox. You have to about half- disassemble the intake tract to get to it.

It may be worth your while to take it to an independent, if only to save yourself the hassle.

I'm not kidding about the PITA part - you'll see.

BTW, on my turbo Audi, it's VERY easy to get to. :)

E.P.

On Jan 8, 5:03 pm, snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net wrote: > Ok, I checked the bentley manual, And it states to take the car to > the dealer to change the air filter. WTF the reason for the manual was > to learn how to do it yourself. Any help would be great thanks.

It's a monster PITA to get to. It's on the left front. And the fuel distributor is part of the top of the airbox. You have to about half- disassemble the intake tract to get to it.

It may be worth your while to take it to an independent, if only to save yourself the hassle.

I'm not kidding about the PITA part - you'll see.

BTW, on my turbo Audi, it's VERY easy to get to. :)

E.P.

have not seen the 80 Quattros.

under the fuel distributor.

carefully take the top part of the air filter box and lift it up. The top part also houses the fuel distributor.

Sorry, Dave, you are correct. It is on *the right side of the car*. Your left as the hood is open. :)

And yeah, the boot, the clips...

Even after that, you have to horse the new filter around quite a bit to get it under there.

E.P.

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Even after that, you have to horse the new filter around quite a bit to get it under there.

E.P.

It was simple once I cut out a piece of the fender. This has to be one of the dumbest locations for an air box. The car is being prepped for the 24 hrs of LeMons, so I don't care if some of the inside fender is cut off. Here is a link for a picture.

Vacuum servo in front of battery is the cruise control actuator.

Carbon canister is for the evaporative control of fuel fumes. If you remove it you will need to plug all vacuum lines and possibly defeat any error lights that appear.