Desnorkle Instructions

1.) Un-screw the one phillips head screw at top center of side air intake...
2.) The molded air duct and the intake grill are still attached by three delicate plastic tabs at the three points... The best way to remove this is gently insert your fingers through the grills into the intake at the points circled in red and gently try to free the tabs... All three points come forward towards you, but if one is stuck or gets caught it will break...
3.) Inside the drivers side air duct you will find a snorkle... The snorkle is added to most US cars for noise restrictions. Now this piece is attached by no screws or tabs, but it most likely will give you some troubles removing... The best way is to remove this, just grab a hold of the long snorkle (not the small dish on the end)... Now wiggle it from left to right and vice versa while pulling out towards you. This works, but might take a little effort.

4.) This is the snorkle removed... The biggest thing I must stress now is that if you are a smoker and you smoke while driving your car...

NEVER TOSS YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS OUT THE WINDOW UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

Now that this snorkle with the catcher is removed it increases your chances of sucking any cigarettes into that intake causing a fire in your airbox...

Another picture of snorkle with catcher attached
5.) This is what the intake is going to look like after the snorkel is removed... Just carefully insert the three tabs back into their points... Make sure that all three are tightly in by pushing the airduct cover (not the grill)... Insert your 1 screw into top center of cover and you are done :-)
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