Online sites or in store? Give options please. Jiffy Lube has been saying I need to replace it but they don't carry the air filter. I have yet to replace it and now I am breathing dirt!

 

Try Pepboys or Advance.

 

Is the K&N filter I see online all the time the best? How much should I expect to spend? I have almost 50,000 miles but never replaced it before.

 

Just get a drop in filter, I wouldn't bother spending the extra money on the K&N. I just bought one for my Dad's Jetta and it was $16.

Stay away from Fram filters though.

 

Thanks going today. How long does it take to change?

 

60 seconds. Open the hood, pop the tabs, open the airbox, remove old filter, wipe out the inside of the airbox, insert new filter, close box, close tabs, close hood.

 

Try CheapBay

nah, but in all honesty, Advance auto, autozone, napa, pepboys, WALMART!!! etc. you get what i mean. Walmart has FRAM.

 

Can't wait to see what it does. My gas mileage has been going down recently (now around 27-28 mpg). It was in the 30's. I saw the air filter last week and it was black. I assume it is supposed to be white as it was toward the ends of it. I kept everything stock and considered a CAI many times. But I think with gas prices the way they are, one would have to be an idiot to put a CAI into a tC.

 

i got better mileage with my CAI... but you're the one to talk..

you ran 50,000 miles on the stock filter it came with?!

 

damn, you've been starving your engine if you've never changed that thing. Try clogging your throat with something a breathe, bet ya can't. poor engine...lol

 

Well its not 50,000 yet. Its like 47,000 hehe. Everytime I go to Jiffy Lube they say to replace it and I am like "ok let's replace it". They are like "hold on... umm... we don't have it in stock". I was thinking one of these times they would. My patience is out. Last week the air filter was black LOL!

 

Yea, you should have changed that back at around 30,000 miles lol. If you can't find one in a store, go to partsamerica.com and just order one off that.

 

go to napa, pepboys, autozone or kragen.

 

nah man.. just let it ride.. the blacker the better... it adds horsepower!!! <--- sarcasm.... anyways just go w/ the CAi... u'll love it.. if not... hit up the dealer andget a oem filter.

 

I got an air filter for less than $9. I opened the hood up but don't know where to put it. Can someone give me a link that has pictures of how to replace the air filter? I have been trying for like 15 minutes

 

well 1st you gotta pull the motor out.. then right behind... seriously??? omellette this one slide...

 

There's a black box the size of your head on the drivers side under the hood. Open that up, there lies the filter.

How did you know the filter was black, but you don't know where the filter is?

 

Jiffy Lube would take it out and show me. I never watched them take it out or where they got it from. I just know it came from under the hood. I eventually got it out last week by watching a youtube video. The filter was black LOL! The new one was white. Thanks for help.

And the guy above you, if I didn't find out in time, I might of tried that hehe!

I know cars, but I just don't know where air filters go. :D

 

You can pick up an K&N Filter and then you will only have to clean it out every 50K or so.

I found mine on Amazon.com for around $25.

I am getting ready to put a CAI in instead, so my K&N will be available for sale if anyone is interested.

 

I had to clean my K&N after about 5k miles of use. It wasn't a drop in filter, it was a CAI. And my quad filter lasts about 50-100 miles before it needs to be cleaned and re-oiled. K&N blows.