Author Topic: 71 280SL Air Filter Housing  (Read 542 times)

nmasadeh

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71 280SL Air Filter Housing
« on: December 10, 2023, 22:27:34 »
There is a hole at the bottom of my air filter housing. Is there anything that goes in there? I know there is the rubber stop that goes underneath this in the body of the car but is there another stop that goes in this hole?

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Re: 71 280SL Air Filter Housing
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2023, 22:44:10 »
Is it not a drain hole?

That is what I think it is. I do not suppose anything goes there.
Pawel

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Re: 71 280SL Air Filter Housing
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2023, 20:57:47 »
No this is a bleed hole.
Robert Hyatt
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