hey bros, i'am thinking of cleaning and checking my air filter in my 3rd gen, is it easy to do by yourself?? what should i look for if my paper filter needs to be replaced and do i have to remove all the hoses attatched to the box or should i just remove the one on the right hand side of the box by the intercooler.

 

PITA! The Madza engineers obviously do not want people to check their air filters on a regular basis.

You'll have to play with it a bit - I remember I had to remove only a hose or two to facilitate easy removal. While you're at it, ditch the crappy compression clamps on teh hoses! I HATE those things. At the very least, get some worm drive clamps from the auto parts store.

 

Yes, it sucks....big time!
I always take all of the hoses off....it is simply much easier that way.

Only my Audi Quattro I had was worse, you actually had to remove the fuel injection rail/manifold to GET to the airbox, and then it was a pain because it had these snap clamps from hell you had to try to manipulate........

Personally, I leave the spring clamps on the intake side, they are much quicker to remove than a worm drive clamp. I won't have them on anything on the pressurized side, of course.....