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Air Intake Boot: Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2015 Subaru Outback and 2015 Subaru Legacy. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Install the air intake boot and connect the blow-by hose (D) to the air intake boot.
  2. Tighten the clamp (B) securing the throttle body to the air intake boot.
  3. Tighten the bolt (C) securing the air intake boot to the collector cover bracket.
  4. Tighten the clamp (A) securing the air cleaner case (rear) to the air intake boot.

    Tightening torque: 

    T1: 3 N.m (0.3 kgf-m, 2.2 ft-lb) 

    T2: 6.5 N.m (0.7 kgf-m, 4.8 ft-lb) 

    Fig 1: Identifying Blow-By Hose, Clamp And Bolt
    G10263855Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  5. Install the collector cover.