Why you should change your cabin air filter (pic after 108K miles)
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Why you should change your cabin air filter (pic after 108K miles)
I went with an eBay $9 shipped filter (see picture). This has to be the easiest maintenance item I have ever done on a vehicle. Seriously, it took me 3 minutes. No tools required. And obviously it needed to be done.
There are lots of posts and DIY's, but here's the basic idea:
1) Open glove compartment
2) Remove flimsy back access panel connected to glove compartment
3) Grab the two plastic post-looking things on the panel that you can now see
4) Gently pry it loose
5) Pull the cabin air filter/holder gently out towards you
6) Remove old air filter
6a) Consider vacuuming out the fan area; there was so much debris on my filter that some leaves/twigs/bugs fell down in there
7) Install new air filter into plastic housing
8) Reverse order for install
There are lots of posts and DIY's, but here's the basic idea:
1) Open glove compartment
2) Remove flimsy back access panel connected to glove compartment
3) Grab the two plastic post-looking things on the panel that you can now see
4) Gently pry it loose
5) Pull the cabin air filter/holder gently out towards you
6) Remove old air filter
6a) Consider vacuuming out the fan area; there was so much debris on my filter that some leaves/twigs/bugs fell down in there
7) Install new air filter into plastic housing
8) Reverse order for install
Last edited by GRANYZ400; 01-03-13 at 09:55 PM.
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This was mine after receiving my car -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgazrfifim36cs1/IMG_1235.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pwcpvkoeeqbx161/IMG_1236.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6gzi2l0fdwjrnu/IMG_1237.JPG
( I also don't understand why my images don't appear when I create the link for it... )
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgazrfifim36cs1/IMG_1235.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pwcpvkoeeqbx161/IMG_1236.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6gzi2l0fdwjrnu/IMG_1237.JPG
( I also don't understand why my images don't appear when I create the link for it... )
Last edited by rogzballz; 01-04-13 at 09:12 AM.
#7
Racer
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Look like you got your filter from that same lousy person I purchased mine from. I immediately sent it back to him. As you can see, the filter media is almost a .5 inch less, plus it wasn't well made (flimsy) so I was pissed when I saw that vs. the OEM filter. With something that critical, I didn't need less filter material. I got my money back and purchased a NAPA gold that looked exactly like the oem filter.
Good thing you changed it though. I'm **** about my car so that could never happen to me. I'm on schedule to change mine this May. I change it out every year.
Good thing you changed it though. I'm **** about my car so that could never happen to me. I'm on schedule to change mine this May. I change it out every year.
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Look like you got your filter from that same lousy person I purchased mine from. I immediately sent it back to him. As you can see, the filter media is almost a .5 inch less, plus it wasn't well made (flimsy) so I was pissed when I saw that vs. the OEM filter. With something that critical, I didn't need less filter material. I got my money back and purchased a NAPA gold that looked exactly like the oem filter.
Good thing you changed it though. I'm **** about my car so that could never happen to me. I'm on schedule to change mine this May. I change it out every year.
Good thing you changed it though. I'm **** about my car so that could never happen to me. I'm on schedule to change mine this May. I change it out every year.
Hey since you sound about as **** as I do about cars, might I suggest the Car Minder App? I have 3 vehicles right now and doing everything myself makes keeping up with maintenance a pain. Also, the App tracks MPG, so I have detailed charts on all 3 vehicles (well not so much on the Lexus because I have only had two fill ups thus far). Anyway, just thought I would throw that in there. My cabin air filter is now one of the regular change items in the App.
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