Simota Carbon Air Filter

**JamesT5** · Monday 10th March 2014, 20:55

This arrived from PFV today, it was waiting for me when I got home.

But here's my issue.... How the hell does this connect to my original air feed as it states in the product description? I ask because my original air feed pipe is this flimsy OE plastic pipe that slots in to the air box which the instructions tell me remove. On top of that original air feed pipe is square, yet all the pipes supplied (they're all present and correct according to the inventory) are round. If it doesn't take a cold feed from the pipe that runs from the top of the grill, where the hec does the filter get it's feed from?

Am I missing some obvious here or what? I look forward to fitting this on Thursday and giving the car a wirl!

**T5frankie** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:04

are you aware of the amount of air that runs through your engine when moving forward?

**JamesT5** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:08

I note instruction 4 says to use the coupler to connect the aluminium pipe to the stock in take pipe, but that's the issue, my stock intake pipe is square. I just wonder if the stock intake pipe needs to be round and I have the wrong kit? It did say this kit is for all P2 Turbo Petrol models....

**claymore** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:18

I wouldn't have thought it that critical, I imagine the original plastic cold air feed would deform to fit over the alloy pipe, but I don't know without looking at mine, and I'm not going out on the dark to have a look.

**JamesT5** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:21

Originally Posted by claymore

I wouldn't have thought it that critical, I imagine the original plastic cold air feed would deform to fit over the alloy pipe, but I don't know without looking at mine, and I'm not going out on the dark to have a look.

There's 2 rubber hose ends as you can see, in an ideal world one would fit over the end of a round intake pipe on the one end and the aluminium pipe at the other. The only thing I can think is that the rubber bit will stretch over the square plastic but then then I'm loosing air pressure which seems odd.

**stribo** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:31

Oh ffs, it's V70Graham all over again.

**JamesT5** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:31

Originally Posted by stribo

Oh ffs, it's V70Graham all over again.

Did Graham have this problem then?

**stribo** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:33

Originally Posted by JamesT5

Did Graham have this problem then?

What? of buying mods he has no idea how to fit, I say yes.

**JamesT5** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:35

Originally Posted by stribo

What? of buying mods he has no idea how to fit, I say yes.

No, you see I do have an idea how to fit them but the problem is just simply that they don't actually fit....

**stribo** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:35

Could you show us the complete installation picture bigger?

**claymore** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:33

You are not getting any air pressure,it's just a cold air feed the engine will suck in much more than you could ever force into it even if you were driving at 150mph.

**stribo** · Monday 10th March 2014, 21:51

O.K., been on their site, and found your problem, which was given away by the instructions you received, but wanted to double check. You've bought a kit for the 2.0T, not a T5, the 2.0T has a round inlet unlike your T5. Doesn't look like they make one for your car.

**Harvey** · Tuesday 11th March 2014, 06:51

Originally Posted by stribo

O.K., been on their site, and found your problem, which was given away by the instructions you received, but wanted to double check. You've bought a kit for the 2.0T, not a T5, the 2.0T has a round inlet unlike your T5. Doesn't look like they make one for your car.

Must say kit looks nice but as above it says it's for a 2.0 Turbo car is there that much diffrance to the. T5 cars ?.

**stribo** · Tuesday 11th March 2014, 06:53

Originally Posted by Harvey

Must say kit looks nice but as above it says it's for a 2.0 Turbo car is there that much diffrance to the. T5 cars ?.

Only in the shape of the air feed hose.

**Harvey** · Tuesday 11th March 2014, 06:59

Originally Posted by stribo

Only in the shape of the air feed hose.

You mean the maf to turbo hose,is the pcv hose set up the same near the turbo ?.

**JamesT5** · Tuesday 11th March 2014, 20:19

Originally Posted by stribo

O.K., been on their site, and found your problem, which was given away by the instructions you received, but wanted to double check. You've bought a kit for the 2.0T, not a T5, the 2.0T has a round inlet unlike your T5. Doesn't look like they make one for your car.

I've asked the man in the know at PFV.

**partsforvolvos.com** · Wednesday 12th March 2014, 09:09

Originally Posted by JamesT5

I've asked the man in the know at PFV.

I have checked this for you and here is a colour picture of it installed :
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Steve is correct in what he says Simota only list it for a 2.0T , but I reackon this is only because this is the engine type they test fitted it on.
I checked on vida, and the cold air feed intake pipe in question number 7 is the same on all petrol turbo models 00-04 .
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Given this, I think it must be possible to stretch the joining hose onto the squared off connection. if I remember rightly, it is 'squared off', as opposed to having direct 90' angles in the corners?
it was my first thought as well it might be different on a 2.0T, but after checking it on vida and knowing that we have always listed it this way for all petrol turbo models, it can be persuaded to fit.