engine air filter

[hokie1525]

Stupid question coming...On the V6 model, do you really have to remove a bar to get to the air filter housing? What is the purpose of that bar?

 

[Mark_888]

Stupid question coming...On the V6 model, do you really have to remove a bar to get to the air filter housing? What is the purpose of that bar?

Yes, you need to remove it. The bar is to provide structural support to enable the car to pass the newest crash tests on the front corner of the car.

Here is an explanation:

"To help drive further improvements in frontal crash protection, the Institute in 2012 introduced a small overlap frontal crash test. The test is designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole."
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/ratings-info/frontal-crash-tests

 

[hokie1525]

Lol. Ok, so just remove the two bolts and it slides right out?

 

[xsolara]

"To help drive further improvements in frontal crash protection, the Institute in 2012 introduced a small overlap frontal crash test. The test is designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole."
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/rat...al-crash-tests
That bar is to keep front end cowl and hood from vibration making it more stable and not for meeting safety requirement ....
and yes bar just slides out