Automotive Manual PDF

First remove the plastic radiator cover on the front of the engine compartment using a flathead screwdriver and a pry tool. Use a screwdriver to pry the center nail of the push fastener upward about half an inch. The pry tool will then be used to fully remove these four panel pins and free the plastic panel from the body.

Next remove the air temperature sensor from the stock air tube, being careful not to harm the sensor. Set the sensor aside at this time, it will be re-used later.
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Installation should take less than one hour with the proper tools. Before installation, set the parking brake and open the hood of the car. If car has been used recently, make sure engine has had time to cool before beginning to disassemble stock air intake. Please note that the hood was removed from the vehicle used for taking some of these pictures of the installation process. Some pictures show the hood supports disconnected from the hood. The hood does NOT need to be removed to install the LPE air intake and the hood support rods do NOT need to be removed either.
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1. Disconnect negative battery cable. Remove the factory filter minder and rubber grommet from the factory intake tube, retain for re-installation later in the install.
2. Loosen the recessed bolt and remove the beauty cover. Loosen the factory hose clamps on each end of the factory intake tube and remove it from vehicle.
3. Loosen the Mass Air Flow sensor hose clamp. Remove the MAF sensor from the factory air box and temporarily set it aside. Use caution to retain the factory coupler & hose clamp on the MAF
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This is a guide to cleaning the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor, infamously known to VW owners as a problem part. This problem seems to have become more widespread with the release of the Mk. IV platform, which is apparently due to a bad batch of sensors from the Bosch factory. Although most of the faulty MAFs have been weeded out after having failed on their owners, the more hardy MAFs often survive until just after the car’s warranty expires. In most cases the owner is left holding a bill for several hundred dollars for a new MAF and labor costs.
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