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Air Cleaner Housing: Service and Repair

Remove/install air cleaner housing

ENGINE 612.981 in MODEL 902.6, 903.6, 904.6




1 Air intake hose
2 Top part of air cleaner housing
3 Air cleaner cartridge
4 Bottom part of air cleaner housing
5 Air intake hose
6 Gasket
7 Heat shield
8 Screw
9 Hose clamp

Remove/install

1 Remove heat shield (7)
2.1 Detach air intake hose (1) at top part of air cleaner housing (2)
2.2 Remove hot film mass air flow sensor On vehicles fitted with code MD1, MS5, MF8
3 Unclip top part of air cleaner housing (2) at bottom part of air cleaner housing (4) and take off
4 Take out air cleaner element (3)
5 Detach bottom part of air cleaner housing (4) at body
6 Take air intake hose (5) out of the inner fender and out of the rubber bush in the wheelhousing liner (arrow), then detach it at bottom part of air cleaner housing (4)

Installation: Ensure seal (6) between inner fender and air intake hose is correctly installed.

7 Take bottom part of air cleaner housing (4) out of the rubber bushes in the inner fender and remove
8 Install in the reverse order