# Lid for air filter assembly **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, versa\ **Created:** [November 28, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104 "2009-11-28T20:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lms728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lms728](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lms728)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/1 "2009-11-28T20:49:46Z")
My son needs a lid for the air filter assembly on his 2008 Nissan Versa. Nissan wants to sell him the the whole assembly. Any thoughts about where he might get just the lid? ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/2 "2009-11-28T21:04:34Z")
From A Totalled 08 Nissan Versa From A Salvage Yard Or Online Salvage Yard. Why not just buy the assembly if a lid is needed now. What happened to the lid? That part should last the life of the car. CSA ---
**Author:** ![lms728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lms728](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lms728)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/3 "2009-11-28T21:08:54Z")
The fella who changed the air filter left the lid off and its absence wasn’t discovered for a few days. Is there an online salvage yard you’d recommend? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/4 "2009-11-28T22:14:32Z")
[www.car-part.com](http://www.car-part.com) is a good searchable inventory of multiple junkyards. ---
**Author:** ![lms728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lms728](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lms728)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/5 "2009-11-29T14:21:19Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/6 "2009-11-29T15:22:33Z")
I bought a '97 Escort with a broken air filter box - [car-part.com](http://car-part.com) is where I found one at a great price. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/7 "2009-11-29T15:36:15Z")
As a temporary lid, you could lay several layers of heavy aluminum foil over the top of the air filter housing, and run tape around the edges to make it air tight. Unfiltered air can badly damage the MAF (Mass Air Flow Sensor) which is in the air duct immediately after the air filter. It’s sensing wire is very delicate. ---
**Author:** ![lms728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lms728](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lms728)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lid-for-air-filter-assembly/40104/8 "2009-11-29T16:03:03Z")
Great suggestion. Thanks.