Replacing Air Filter (Urgent !!)

[Richard Jay]

I'm attempting my first proper DIY job on my Brava 1.6 mk1. I've checked the manual and removed the 4 screws to get to the air filter. However, the cover is attached to a rubber hose that leads to the engine so how am I supposed to get the cover off ?? It also extends beyond the edge of the bonnet so one way or another I can only lift it about 2cm (enough to see the air filter). In the manual the rubber hose just disappears in the 2nd diagram !! What shall I do ??

Yours cluelessly,
Richard.

 

[Tom]

Just yank it, the hose has enough give in it (or should have) to allow the lid to come off.

 

[Anonymous]

So I am not supposed to detach the cover from the hose then ? There doesn't seem to be that much give in the hose ...

 

[BlackBravo]

Theres no reasson not to disconnect teh hose, but even then its a pig to get of cos its partly under the wing.
But yeah take the hose and yank the lid!
Pete

Pete

 

[Tom]

Nope, you've gotta twist it from memory.

 

[Anonymous]

OK I've done it now thanks. The problem was that one of the two long bolts had a crossed thread so would not come out and therefore I did not have enough room to maneuvre. Anyway I did it and found half a tree in the air filter so am glad I persevered.

Thanks.