Removing engine cover??? 99 SL500

[callen]

Don't yet have a manual for my 99 SL500. How do you access Air Filters. I'm able to get front cover off but not the rear....just pull up??? don't want to break plastic.

Thanks

[Carlos Serrano]

Just pull the cover up from the front, it uses metal clips on rubber blocks for fastenning to the engine the rear of the cover fits around the MAF by a rubber seal, the filters are inside the cover. 4 torx head screws each underneath.

[Carlos Serrano]

By the way there is a rectangular rubber piece under the lip of the front cover by the oil filter that prevents the front cover from rubbing against the valve cover, don't loose it