bmc cda help

[daxmatt 0]

Hi all just got hold of a bmc cda and have a question its second hand and has been serviced by previous owner but I just want to check its back together correctly, which way does the element go, does the red plastic part face towards the engine ie to the maf or away from the maf it has the advisory as to the way it should go on the casing but just want to be sure its got the element in correctly

Cheers matt

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Hi mate, you can actually put them together incorrectly

This diagram may help!

[daxmatt 0]

That's great many thanks, its wrong lol good job I checked

Cheers matt

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Easily done

[The Duke 27]

This might sound like a really dim question but way are these so good, what's the difference with having a normal induction kit and some piping to feed it air?

[VR6Pete 1,455]

One of the main reasons is that you don't get heat soak like you would with a cone filter, and also when you drive sensibly it doesn't sound daft loud, but when put that foot down it does sound like the gates of hell have opened

[daxmatt 0]

I was on the understanding that k&n types tend to oil the maf sensor and damage it aswell, I had a k&n on a golf vr I had and tbh made no difference apart from the noise and not ling after killed my maf but could have been bad timing

[spadam 7]

Any over oiled filter will damage the MAF as it sucks the oil onto the element which then causes the MAF to give false readings. You can clean your MAF if you are carefull.

[Lukey. 381]

Thought you weren't supposed to clean them under normal non desert bowl conditions that often anyway like every 50k miles or something and that the filter with a bit of dust from normal conditions actually filters the air better than a just cleaned one.