Clean your cabin filter

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 09/01/2019 at 21:08 • Filed to: None

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ONCE A DECADE WHETHER YOU NEED TO OR NOT.....I noticed neither my ‘07 Si or my ‘07 Uplander weren’t blowing very hard anymore. Now I know why. I combed the crap out of them and blew them with compressed air. The both were surprisingly easy to change, no tools needed. Good as new.....

zipfuel > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 21:18

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My car is 12 years old, I have a new filter (with activated charcoal fart filtration & stuff) on the way from rockauto but the original has never been changed to my knowledge.

I am not looking forward to what I’m going to find....

dogisbadob > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 21:26

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My car doesn’t have one :(

The Mann Frecious Plus is supposed to be a very good filter. It even has an extra layer to stop mold.

Even if you can’t get the Mann FP, at least get one with charcoal

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 21:38

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I’m pretty good (every other year) at changing the cabin filters in our cars....last time I changed the wife’s, there were leaves and other somewhat unexpected junk stuck to the filter....yum.

Not sure if cabin filters are really a great thing or if it just allows the engineers to package the HVAC system differently and create some additional maintenance ma rgin into the dealer networks. Yeah, I get they filter out fairly small particulate bit a good Dyson does the s am e without a filter.

I’m cynical.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > dogisbadob 09/01/2019 at 22:04

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When I had a Panther platform car without a cabin air filter, I cut pieces of a HVAC filter to fit the inside of the vents. 

M.T. Blake > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 22:06

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What if you ‘enjoy’ the smell of farts and mold?

Urambo Tauro > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 22:09

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Man I wish my car (or my truck for that matter) was equipped with a cabin air filter. I’ve been breathing all that crap.

NYankee1927 > RacinBob 09/01/2019 at 23:15

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I wish I had a cabin air filter to prevent all the mold. It’s a giant pain in the ass to take the vents apart and spray bleach in the system

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > RacinBob 09/02/2019 at 08:13

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No need. Mine disintegrated and has been slowly blowing out bits of it through my vents over the years. A fine honeycomb mesh material.