Having just serviced my Yeti for another year, I have to ask just Why did VW have to design the air filter to need the housing pulled off the engine and spun upside down to get to those 2 screws ?  The housing removal needing the disconnection of the 2 air hoses.

Surly VW could of made the top cover just come off without all that work.

Seems bad design to me, but asking am I missing something - Just Why ?

Fully agree.  What a bad piece of design by VW.  They should have made it easy to replace the filter element by simply removing a few screws from the top of the filter housing.  Maybe VW have some sort of cruel thing for making people scrape their knuckles unnecessarily.  Or maybe they thought that people would break those plastic clips on the top of the housing and would have to buy a new one, no doubt at a huge cost.

Is it the same as this?

 

8 minutes ago, Urrell said:

Is it the same as this ?

No, thats the single cam engine before around 2016 with a camchain opposed to a belt. CBZB I think they were.

That looks easier. The twin cam TSI has a larger rectangular housing on top of the engine.

How hard for them if those 2 screws are needed would it be to put them on the top cover?
Are they thinking that to do a service it has to come out of the way anyhow?

1 hour ago, Urrell said:

Are they thinking that to do a service it has to come out of the way anyhow?

That's an interesting point, maybe you could sync with changing the spark plugs. AFAIK It does not sync officially. No other service reason to remove it.

I change the Air Filter when I change the spark plugs on my 1.2 TSI.

 

The spark plugs are due at 40K miles and the air filter at 60K miles. ( Plugs due again this year )

 

If the air filter screws were in the top you could get moisture / condensation / water from above going in to the air filter box? 🙁

 

Thanks. AG Falco

4 hours ago, AGFalco said:

If the air filter screws were in the top you could get moisture / condensation / water from above going in to the air filter box?

Past a screw in a plastic enclosure?

19 hours ago, Urrell said:

Past a screw in a plastic enclosure?

 

Known problem on my Panda.

https://www.fiatforum.com/threads/fiat-panda-1-3-multijet-water-in-air-box.341188/

 

Thanks. AG Falco

7 minutes ago, AGFalco said:

 

Known problem on my Panda.

https://www.fiatforum.com/threads/fiat-panda-1-3-multijet-water-in-air-box.341188/

 

Thanks. AG Falco

That must be down to really poor design.

 

2 minutes ago, Urrell said:

That must be down to really poor design.

 

 

 

It seems to need a set of circumstances for it to happen as it does not affect every Multijet Panda.

 

The later ones have a drain hole in the bottom of the air filter box. 😲

 

Thanks. AG Falco