BMW 316 - Air filter change

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Wed 4 Oct 2006 19:05
BMW 316 - Air filter change - charlesworth82
Hi,

Hope some can help with this - i am a complete novice with cars.

i just had my MOT done and had some repairs done (BMW 316 1994). On the receipt it says 'air filter'. I assumed this meant they had changed my air filter. However, after going in my boot in a box there seems to be a brand new air filter.

My question is - where abouts in the car is this supposed to go so i can check that one is actually there. And how easy this would be to change myself.

Thanks,
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Wed 4 Oct 2006 19:07
BMW 316 - Air filter change - bell boy
suggest you have a word with the garage to be honest
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Wed 4 Oct 2006 21:42
BMW 316 - Air filter change - Ian D
Are you sure the air filter in the boot is not the old one which the conscientious garage have left to prove they changed it??
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Thu 5 Oct 2006 08:04
BMW 316 - Air filter change - charlesworth82
I'm not 100% sure - if it is the old one it looks like brand new.

If someone knows where abouts the filter goes i will be able to compare the two.
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Thu 5 Oct 2006 08:16
BMW 316 - Air filter change - Collos25
Look for a black box roughly the same size under the bonnet .
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Fri 6 Oct 2006 21:16
BMW 316 - Air filter change - Dude - {P}
Filter is located inside the car & accessed via the passenger footwell behind the centre console.

www.puravent.co.uk/filters/dispfilter.pl?id=18&mod...0(E36)&year=1991%20to%2099&make=BMW
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Fri 6 Oct 2006 21:31
BMW 316 - Air filter change - bell boy
this filter (pollen) wouldnt have a baring on the mot dude so he must mean air filter as in filtering air for the carb as in co readings :-)
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