Many of us with older turbodiesels are just plain tired of having to replace the air cleaner bracket, and especially the mounts that hold the air cleaner in place. I've found a possible alternative that COMPLETELY REPLACES THE ENGINE MOUNTED FILTER HOUSING AND BRACKET with a K&N filter on the end of an intake tube attached directly to the turbo inlet.
The rules prevent me from including a link to another website, but I suppose the rules do not prevent stating the other source. It's Wade Performance Products.
I like the idea of ridding my car of the stock air cleaner, just on reliability grounds. My question would be: is that K&N filter rigidly attached to the turbo inlet going to break something (like the turbo housing) as the vibration shakes it to and fro? Or is there some other fatal flaw? Has anyone else out there tried the Wade Performance kit and found it reliable? I'd like to try it but am afraid to.
(If MercedesSource was selling it, I wouldn't question the reliability!)