Yes, that is the way I understood his comment.

 

Nope. It is a hard plastic piece. No pinching or pushing the end towards the hose. Any other ideas?

 

I don't. Mine was broke when I bought the car so I don't know how it was originally. I can see why its broken now after your posts. Leave it to the Germans to over complicate things! Hope you get it off. For the record my broken connector has had no problem staying put on the air box.

 

Thanks for the help and thanks for the video. That was very helpful.

 

No problem!