Hi guys,

Just been checking my engine bay, the usual, and i noticed on second glance yhe air intake doesnt look right, there doesnt seem to be a filter (just 2 plastic pipes seem to be "retrofitted" to stick out past the radiator)

Maybe im crazy, but im new to these engines and im not remotely good at anything more than the most basic of maintenence with cars!

***** edit: pic uploaded in a reply below!*****

Just thought id ask as it doesnt look right at all.

Cheers!

Edited 2 June, 201610 yr by RickNW

Heres a pic (hope this works lol)

Yeah that's not right at all lol it's supposed to be a flush connection pipe to the front

Thought so. Am i right in thinking there is no air filter there either?

Hope it doesnt bugger anything up until i can sort it!

Any idea what the part no, and aprox cost will be to fix it?

If its a slot in ill just do it myself, thats about the limit of my tehnical ability haha.

Thanks for your help!

The air filter is built into the plastic cover. It's held together with approximately 8 torx screws

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Yes the air filter located at the rear of the engine cover

Whole engine cover needs to be removed then you will see how it is held in with torx screws

It won't do anything bad it's just not as efficient as it should be

Ah right i see, just found a guide to change air filter, so at least its still running through a filter then *phew*

So apart from looking crap, is it doing any harm? Worth adressing sooner rather than later?

Thanks very much guys!

Sorry FMF, didnt see your reply when i wrote the above.

So when i change it back to OEM i may well see some gains?

That would be nice

Just keep yours eyes open for one on eBay or something

All it will be doing is allowing more hot air into the intake as usual as partially it will be able to suck air directly from the engine bay

Find someone breaking one. Or contact local TPS. Shouldn't cost much for new parts

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Ah lovely, any idea what im actually searching for? (What the part is called) or part number?

All im finding so far is replacement air filters and aftermarket kits :-/

Thanks so much for all your help!

This could be it but I'm not certain https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400711939049

Here is a pic of what it should look like on the car

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=2.0+tfsi+engine&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB664GB664&hl=en-GB&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTh_nTiorNAhWIJcAKHTVJB0UQ_AUICCgC&biw=320&bih=492&dpr=2#imgrc=ebV8J5PIcJDnyM%3A

You need two parts,

Air duct 1K0805962C

Intake guide 1K0129618BM

I don't know how much they are new, but there's a set of both on ebay at the moment for £29.99

If you search for Tfsi Intake you should find it.

Item number 222115905066

Edited 3 June, 201610 yr by Mr G 76

Carbon fibre ducts are available which look nice and are less likely to fall apart.  I paid about 150 for the piece of mind of not having the duct bits falling into the cooling fans again.

Fantastic cheers guys!

also I think the original will have a water separator built in for those odd days where you get rain in Wales :sun: