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Just got done replacing the airfilter on my Cayenne V6. It is very easy and took me a total of 15 minutes to do. I took a few snapshots of the process. (I KNOW, I KNOW, MY ENGINE BAY IS FILTHY!) 1. First you need to remove the right side engine compartment cover. It is held on by 4-45 degree turn plastic screws. They are easy to remove and also easy to drop down in the engine bay if not careful! Ask me how I know. Once removed, set the cover off to the side. 2. Next you need to remove the 2 plastic pins that hold the connection in place between the air intake and the air filter box. They turn 180 degrees and then lift out the pins. If you look closely you can see a convex notch on one side of the housing and a concave notch 180 degrees on the other side. The two notches on the housing are at about "12 and 6 on a clock". 6 is the locked position and 12 is the remove position. 3. Pull apart air intake hose from air filter box. It is held in place by the two pins and has a rubber seal that creates resistance. 4. Once removed, unclip the 2 metal clips on the top of the air filter box that holds together the two vertical halves of the air filter box. 5. Remove the left vertical cover to the box and you will see the air filter in place inside the right half. 6. Remove the air filter. 7. Reverse the above steps and you are good to go. Hope this helps. I just did mine at 14K miles instead of the suggested 40K miles (**which I still don't understand**) since the Cayenne spent the first 12K of those miles in the dusty Vegas desert and then went on a 2500 miles trip to my new home. To be honest though, the filter could have easily gone a while longer. It really wasn't that dirty.