Cabin Air Filter Filthy....Cleaned..Easy
09-23-2006, 02:37 PM
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Cabin Air Filter Filthy....Cleaned..Easy
I have an 04 RX-8 and have about 40,00 miles on it. As part of the routine maintenance that I have been doing I checked my cabin air filter today. It was replaced by the dealer once at about 25K.
When I removed it today...it was full of dirt and bits of leaves, and lint.....absolutely plugged.
I looked at the filter...and it seems quite strong. The elements are not paper...and so i thought.....WTF....I'm going to try and clean it. I knocked off all the big crud...sprayed it with K&N filter cleaner from my intake.......let it sit for 5 minutes...and rinsed it off with cold water.
It came out perfectly clean...nice and white
I should have taken pictures of this...it would make a good DIY...oh well. Next Time
The air flow from the fan is much better, the funny noise from the fan is gone...and my heater and A/C work muck better
Well worth the 15 minutes it took to do this!
When I removed it today...it was full of dirt and bits of leaves, and lint.....absolutely plugged.
I looked at the filter...and it seems quite strong. The elements are not paper...and so i thought.....WTF....I'm going to try and clean it. I knocked off all the big crud...sprayed it with K&N filter cleaner from my intake.......let it sit for 5 minutes...and rinsed it off with cold water.
It came out perfectly clean...nice and white
I should have taken pictures of this...it would make a good DIY...oh well. Next Time
The air flow from the fan is much better, the funny noise from the fan is gone...and my heater and A/C work muck better
Well worth the 15 minutes it took to do this!
09-23-2006, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dannobre
I have an 04 RX-8 and have about 40,00 miles on it. As part of the routine maintenance that I have been doing I checked my cabin air filter today. It was replaced by the dealer once at about 25K.
When I removed it today...it was full of dirt and bits of leaves, and lint.....absolutely plugged.
I looked at the filter...and it seems quite strong. The elements are not paper...and so i thought.....WTF....I'm going to try and clean it. I knocked off all the big crud...sprayed it with K&N filter cleaner from my intake.......let it sit for 5 minutes...and rinsed it off with cold water.
It came out perfectly clean...nice and white
I should have taken pictures of this...it would make a good DIY...oh well. Next Time
The air flow from the fan is much better, the funny noise from the fan is gone...and my heater and A/C work muck better
Well worth the 15 minutes it took to do this!
When I removed it today...it was full of dirt and bits of leaves, and lint.....absolutely plugged.
I looked at the filter...and it seems quite strong. The elements are not paper...and so i thought.....WTF....I'm going to try and clean it. I knocked off all the big crud...sprayed it with K&N filter cleaner from my intake.......let it sit for 5 minutes...and rinsed it off with cold water.
It came out perfectly clean...nice and white
I should have taken pictures of this...it would make a good DIY...oh well. Next Time
The air flow from the fan is much better, the funny noise from the fan is gone...and my heater and A/C work muck better
Well worth the 15 minutes it took to do this!
beers
09-23-2006, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dannobre
I tried to blow it out with my compressed air...it got rid of some of the crud...but the filter was black...and still plugged up. The K&N cleaner amde it come clean and white...I was impressed. The filter looked good as new.
this has got me thinking... about all the stuff left in the passage to the air cleaner? might have to blow that out next time... i wonder if you procedure would work with the aynaide filter?
beers
09-23-2006, 04:44 PM
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Stupid question and I'd like a serious responce lol.
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? When I drop off my 8 for the recall I'm going to ask them to do the 30k mile maitence they didnt do before I bought the car (aparently bought it at 31k). Would like to save a few $$$ by having them not do a few portions of the maitence yanno.
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? When I drop off my 8 for the recall I'm going to ask them to do the 30k mile maitence they didnt do before I bought the car (aparently bought it at 31k). Would like to save a few $$$ by having them not do a few portions of the maitence yanno.
09-23-2006, 06:24 PM
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Stupid question and I'd like a serious responce lol.
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? When I drop off my 8 for the recall I'm going to ask them to do the 30k mile maitence they didnt do before I bought the car (aparently bought it at 31k). Would like to save a few $$$ by having them not do a few portions of the maitence yanno.
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? When I drop off my 8 for the recall I'm going to ask them to do the 30k mile maitence they didnt do before I bought the car (aparently bought it at 31k). Would like to save a few $$$ by having them not do a few portions of the maitence yanno.
a diy is in the diy section is excellent..
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09-23-2006, 07:06 PM
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Oh kewl thanks Swoope.. was just gonna ask if there was one on this
How much is the K&N filter cleaning stuff and would a Advanced Auto Parts carry it?
How much is the K&N filter cleaning stuff and would a Advanced Auto Parts carry it?
09-23-2006, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Clavius
Oh kewl thanks Swoope.. was just gonna ask if there was one on this
How much is the K&N filter cleaning stuff and would a Advanced Auto Parts carry it?
How much is the K&N filter cleaning stuff and would a Advanced Auto Parts carry it?
if you just want the bottle of cleaner, about 6 bucks.
09-23-2006, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Clavius
Stupid question and I'd like a serious responce lol.
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? (snip)
How hard/easy is it to get to the cabin filter? (snip)
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09-23-2006, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 1.3L
Where, exactly, is the cabin filter located?
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09-23-2006, 09:22 PM
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Ok just found the DIY for the cabin filter. My God this is a easy friggin thing to do. Going to do this myself definatly sometime next week.. maybe next weekend when I install my RB protection grills. I bet they charge over $50 for this service at the dealers lol
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