Remove intake silencer housing

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WARNING: Hot surfaces.
Risk of burning!

Perform all work only on components that have cooled down.

Preliminary work

Refer to REMOVING RIGHT FRONT-END STRUT .

Precondition

Ignition is switched off.

Unfasten circlip (1).
Unlock plug connection (2) and disconnect.
Loosen screw (3).
Pull out and remove the intake filter housing (4) from the rubber mounts towards the top.

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