View Poll Results: Do you change your cabin air filter

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  1. #1

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    I just found out there is one in my car. I didn`t even know such a thing existed. It`s not listed in my owners manual. How many of you have had the same experience?

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    I knew I had them in my VW and Honda. I have them changed every 20k miles
    Seth

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    My VW has one too, and I bought it to replace, but am waiting till all those stupid cotton ball things stop flying though the air in a week or so to replace it. With my allergies, I`d imagine they help.
    Anthony

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    The Accord and 4Runner have them, but the Corolla doesn`t. I just had the one in my 4Runner changed and the air smells so much better. It seems to have gotten rid of that musty ac smell.

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    dont forget the engine air filter

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    My 1999 Honda has got one

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    My 01 Civic has one as well. I was just reading that it should be replaced every 15k if you live in the city.



    My car has almost 60k on it right now so I just now ordered a replacement filter element (its 2 pieces actually). It costs around $40 total.



    On my car the filter is located behind the glove box. I can`t wait to see what kinds of nice things it has collected over 60 thousand miles.

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    Where are these filters usually located in the vehicles?

    Thanks

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    The filters are usually located in one of three areas. Some are in the engine compartment up against the firewall. Usually there is a small door secured with a couple of screws. This is common on Fords. Many are accessed through a small panel in the glove box. The other common location is under the dash through a panel into the air-conditioner ductwork.

    Most of these are pretty easy to change, often 5 minutes or less, but a few are a real PITA

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    Our VWs have them, and I change them at least every year...

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    I have one in my F150 Supercrew. It is located just below the glovebox inside the cab. Remove three screws to a plastic vanity cover and it slides out. Suprised at how dirty it was when I changed it after a year.

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    I wish I had one!



    Check your owner`s manual - if it has one, there should be a replacement schedule specified.

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    Find if you have one- if you do, remove it and measure it.

    Go to Home Depot, find a furnace filter closest to the same wisth, and at least 2x the length on either side.

    Trace the in-cabin filter over the furnace filter with a marker.

    Cut furnace filter, use it`s own cardboard edge to creat a new perimeter edge, using good tape to hold the joint together.

    Enjoy your new in cabin filter that cost about 1/8th of what a new in cabin filter would have cost.

    In-cabin filter for `01 Sentra:

    http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan...de=B7200-00002

    3M filter:

    http://www.allergybegone.com/3mdiscenfurf.html

    On top of being allergy reducing, they stop stuff like mould, pollen and tons of stuff a factory filter could`nt.

    Take that, Nissan!(or, whomever)

    :xyxthumbs
    `01 Sentra SE
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    When making your own filters, remember that some of them will come in contact with mositure when it rains. I know the one in my GTI does, after one particularly heavy rain about a month ago, I noitced that water had gotten in the fresh air inlet for the car, and had dripped through the ductowork to my floormat. I`m sure water would destroy the filter material of some house filters.
    2003 Mazda Protege ES 2.0
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    very dirty

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    Touche.

    However, even if that did happen, it`s so easy and cheap to replace!

    My main point is the cost/benefit of using something so economical, and possibly better filtering.

    My car does not have the water drip-through problem, so I was not aware of that potential.
    `01 Sentra SE
    Calgary Sports Car Club #406 DSS

 

 
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