Subaru Outback Manuals 2016 Outback Owner's Manual | Page 484

11-16 Maintenance and service/Air cleaner element CAUTION If the inside of the air cleaner case is extremely soiled (for example, by sand), contact a SUBARU dealer and have the air cleaner case cleaned. 4. If you find large foreign objects such as leaves inside the air cleaner case, remove the foreign objects. 2. Open the air cleaner case. 3. Remove the air cleaner element. 6. To install the air cleaner case (rear), insert the three projections on the air cleaner case (rear) into the slits on the air cleaner case (front). 7. Install in the reverse order of removal. 5. Install a new air cleaner element in the way the longitudinal side and the trans- verse side face as shown in the illustra- tion.