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  1. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    The wire mesh is pretty ugly, I think I will be able to get the part for the right hand side and it should just clip on. If I can't get hold of a part, (as you suggest) I could cut a hole in the blanking cap and use that. The weather was pretty bad up our way today, so I spent as little time on...
  2. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    You've been a great help to me Wighty, as have so many of the other posters, it's well appreciated, if it wasn't for the folk on this forum I would have been none the wiser :thumb: I have removed the blanking cap and inserted some steel mesh until I get hold of the proper part. The car is now...
  3. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    I am not alone :) E320 v6 one air intake capped off!?
  4. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    That's really strange. It's the same model made at the same time but with different air ducts! :dk:
  5. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Yeah, it's a bit odd isn't it. It explains the difference in the filters though. When was your car made Wighty?
  6. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    As you can see, the one on the right is blanked off at the grill. Wonder why that is? The plot thickens.........
  7. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    What a cheek!........I am shaken, but not stirred😁
  8. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Perhaps Wighty, but is it a case of one mystery solved and another unfolds? 😄
  9. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Yes it's a bit odd, it looks like it should be open, but the plastic duct curls round towards the fan housing.
  10. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    I'll shall take a picture and post it up tomorrow👍
  11. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Thanks very much for the service information Mr Greedy. I've changed the oil and the filter, plus the fuel and air filters. It's good information, because I had read in a couple of places that the car took 7.3 litres for an oil change, so I bought 8. I drained it down from the sump (which was...
  12. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Thanks very much Wighty. Your bay looks nice and clean, it's a credit to you👍 It's the same set up as mine. On the left side the vent is open, but on the right it's blanked off. How about yours?
  13. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Thanks W1ghty. I will take a picture of mine, the left hand air duct is open at the grill. I am no expert, but I've never ever seen an air filter looking remotely as bad as that one, it's in one hell of a state!
  14. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    That's a good point. I had a look at them and what I did notice was that the air duct on the left hand facing was pretty much open at the grill and the right hand one was blanked off at that point and must have been taking in its air elsewhere. This would certainly explain the difference in...
  15. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    It's the difference in them, that's what I don't get. Why is one so much dirtier than the other? It's definitely a cheap enough job, that's well worth doing. The way our car runs now is night and day, all for the sake of some paper filters!
  16. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    It wasn't Giffnock Kenny, the car came over from the east, so the services were carried out in Grangemouth and Edinburgh. On the records the only time the air and fuel filters have been replaced is in 2013 - 61K miles. As said, I suspect one of the filters has never been changed.
  17. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    I think you're right Bobby, 7K and 7 years they're going to be fairly dirty. However, one's dirty and the other is absolutely filthy, this is what I can't get my head around! Am I sure the service history is "legitimate"? Not 100%, I would have to check it myself through MB.
  18. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Yes. It was serviced by MB up until December 2017 (7 services) 98K on the clock - it then lay in a forecourt for a year til May 2019, we bought it, ran it up to 114K and have now serviced it.
  19. BillySmart

    Is This The DIRTIEST Air Filter In The World? E-Class 2009 E 320 CDi V6 W211

    Hello Andy, The filters were the same make, whether they were put in together I don't know. You would think so though, wouldn't you? I am guessing, but one is so much worse than the other, I think it could well be the original filter. I can honestly say that I have never seen anything remotely...
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