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Old 09-14-2013, 10:16 PM
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Default Rookie question about air filters.
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On the side of my air filter, there's a bunch of arrows on one side. Does these represent the direction where the air filter should be mounted (ie this side up) or the direction of the air flow (in which case it would be this side down).

This is for an 88 S4.

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arrows indicate air flow direction
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Interesting thread here that I should have looked at before posting: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...uestion-4.html

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Originally Posted by alabbasi
Interesting thread here that I should have looked at before posting: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...uestion-4.html

Dome side up it is!
Yeah, I should've looked there also.
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There have been postings of arrows being mislabeled.
Always dome side up.
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...and use the stock design, not K&N.

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Actually any OE paper filter, doesn't have to be stock, should do. The 996 crowd is starting to figure this out now days too.
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Originally Posted by Imo000
Actually any OE paper filter, doesn't have to be stock, should do...
OE (Original Equipment) = stock.

It doesn't have to be in a Porsche box, but it should be of the OE/stock design.

Don't be confusing the OP now Imo...
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OE = Original Equipment = Porsche Labled
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer = Correct stock part with no Porsche label

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you forgot one
KnN = RFS = remove from service
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Originally Posted by Mrmerlin
you forgot one
KnN = RFS = remove from service
I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't have been changed to 'streck' by the Rennlist auto-censor.
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Originally Posted by White Lightnin'
OE (Original Equipment) = stock.

It doesn't have to be in a Porsche box, but it should be of the OE/stock design.

Don't be confusing the OP now Imo...
See what happens when drinking and replying at the same time goes wrong? No more RL while drinking for me.
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Originally Posted by Imo000
See what happens when drinking and replying at the same time goes wrong? No more RL while drinking for me.
Nah, it's all good... that's part of the RL allure! Bottoms up!
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