"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
09/09/2020 at 20:27 • Filed to: None
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"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
09/09/2020 at 20:27 • Filed to: None | 2
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~1 year and ~11,000 miles on the clock, I figured it was time to change the cabin air filter. The engine air filter still looks pretty good, but I do have a new one of those waiting, too.
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> Boxer_4
09/09/2020 at 20:42 |
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That seems...really bad really quickly.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Boxer_4
09/09/2020 at 20:45 |
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I changed mine a year ago and
changed it recently in an attempt at a lame Youtube-y style video
....it was...let’s just say my cabin filter was past it
s prime...
dogisbadob
> Boxer_4
09/09/2020 at 20:46 |
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Yuck! That old one is dirty
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Boxer_4
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
09/09/2020 at 20:52 |
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In my experience, they don’t tend to last long. The SH was the same way.
facw
> Boxer_4
09/09/2020 at 21:16 |
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That seems like you have really bad air quality? I’ve had one that had significant dirt/leaf litter in the pleats, but never one that uniformly smoked. At first glance I assumed your old filter was activated charcoal and your right was not, but I guess that’s not the case here.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Boxer_4
09/09/2020 at 23:24 |
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Obligatory repost … changed probably the original factory filter in the 1998 SAAB I bought in May
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Boxer_4
09/10/2020 at 00:25 |
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I will change it after the smoke goes away. I have a couple somewhere, Hondas/Acuras are super easy to change, it is criminal the dealers charge people as much as they do.
Jb boin
> Boxer_4
09/10/2020 at 02:33 |
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I might be wrong but it looks like the old is an active charcoal filter that has a dark
gray color out of the box and the new one is a “basic” model that is whiter.
Thisismydisplayname
> Boxer_4
09/10/2020 at 05:37 |
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Looks like the old one was a carbon impregnated one. Not necessarily dirty.
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Boxer_4
> Jb boin
09/10/2020 at 09:04 |
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It was definitely dirty. Besides, the filter on the left was the factory installed filter, and the filter on the right is Subaru OEM (at a discount). I doubt Subaru would give everyone a carbon filter from the factory.
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Boxer_4
> Thisismydisplayname
09/10/2020 at 09:05 |
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It was definitely dirty. Besides, the filter on the left was the factory installed filter, and the filter on the right is Subaru OEM (at a discount). I doubt Subaru would give everyone a carbon filter from the factory.
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Boxer_4
> facw
09/10/2020 at 09:08 |
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We had a lot of road construction here on very dry, hot days this summer (road resurfacing). The front of the Crosstrek didn’t look much better.
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Boxer_4
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
09/10/2020 at 09:15 |
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This seemed like the easiest Subaru yet. Took me probably 5 minutes to do, and that was the first time on this car. My friend’s ‘03 WRX is a nightmare for this though (step 1, remove 14 screws...)
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Jb boin
> Boxer_4
09/10/2020 at 11:14 |
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For example for my A4, most of the brands have 3 choices (“normal”, “active charcoal” and “fine particulate PM2.5” (not sure about the translation) and the OEM part seems to be an active charcoal version.
What those 3 Purflux models look like (official photos) :
What the OEM Audi part looks like (i believe it’s a MANN part) :
I always put charcoal filters on my cars and they look like the gray ones i just pasted .
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Boxer_4
09/10/2020 at 14:14 |
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Really? Hondas have tabs on the sides of the open glove box, then it falls further open and it’s in there. You have to empty the glove box but that’s ok. Every company should do that, I don’t know why they can’t just have a box open below the dash, the glove box might be easier once you know.
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Boxer_4
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
09/10/2020 at 17:07 |
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Subaru’s system has basically been as you describe for at least 10 years now. The ‘03 WRX was one of Subaru’s first cars with a cabin air filter if I remember - back in the early ‘00s most companies were still trying to figure that all out. I honestly think in their case that the cabin air filter was a last minute addition - in fact, the filter element itself was optional.