I took the cover off inside the lower air filter canister and added a bead of RTV, re installed it and bent the four tabs so it was held tightly in place and discovered far less oil ist inside the dry & clean part of my stock air cleaner assembly .

I don't generally believe I can re engineer things better than someone who does it for a living but this simple thing did help as the dry paper elements no longer get wetted with oil mist .

Washable air cleaners don't filter out the finer wear particles and always cause shorter engine life .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better