Pollen Filters

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Crabman wrote: »

Sounds like you've got a more high end filter/car, I've never come across a carbon active filter before. I've only helped to replace filters on three different cars (family and a friend) which have been made from basic corrugated fabric material. Incidentally those filters have been fairly easily accessible with the glove box removed.



It sounds odd to simply check. The filters don't cost much and given the effort involved in getting to them it makes more sense to simply replace annually.

a KIA is hardly high end.

gabitzul

harveybobbles wrote: »

Focus Mk2/Volvo S50/V50 was a nightmare to get at. Think it was quoted as a 45 minute job.

I did mine on the Focus MK2 and whilst not great access, I wouldn't say it was that bad. Mind you, it helps if you have smaller hands.

Second the carbon filters, much much better.

Also, to the guys (and girls?) who said that when they took the old one out it was black, remember that the carbon ones are black to start with, as opposed to the (usually white) normal ones.

Iceweasel

gabitzul wrote: »

I did mine on the Focus MK2 and whilst not great access, I wouldn't say it was that bad. Mind you, it helps if you have smaller hands.

Second the carbon filters, much much better.

Also, to the guys (and girls?) who said that when they took the old one out it was black, remember that the carbon ones are black to start with, as opposed to the (usually white) normal ones.

Absolutely agree about the carbon ones - they catch all the smells and pollution. A bit like a recirculating cooker hood in the kitchen.

The active carbon one do tend to be a grey colour with the outer paper almost transparent so you can see the little carbon granules inside.

The cheapy 'lookee-likee' ones from the Land of Chopsticks tend be either pure white or a buff colour.

After a year - all of them look and smell horrible - especially if they have become damp over the Winter when lots of folks don't even switch on the AC - thinking they are either saving money or because they think AC is only for cooling in the Summer.

JustinR1979

Indeed, use it or lose it - check your handbook.

Yolina

Toyota do check the pollen filter at every service. I change it myself anyway as it's not particularly fiddly to do on the Yaris hybrid and there is no way that I am paying them something like £40 to supply and fit a new one. Will try a carbon one next time

Crabman

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

a KIA is hardly high end.

I wasn't arguing at all (sorry if it came across that way).

Hintza

When the I bought my Jeep Commander the other month I thought I would be ahead of the game and get all the service parts I needed. So bought all the filters detailed on the webpage.

Except..........it doesn't have a pollen filter on the car and never has! Anyone need a pollen filter for (I presume) a Grand Cherokee?

oldagetraveller

Yolina wrote: »

Toyota do check the pollen filter at every service. I change it myself anyway as it's not particularly fiddly to do on the Yaris hybrid and there is no way that I am paying them something like £40 to supply and fit a new one. Will try a carbon one next time

Yes, it's really easy on a Yaris and other Toyotas.
I always change mine just before the service is due (annually) and tell them not to bother checking it.
The £40 is silly for a 5 minute job when a new filter (genuine) is around £13!

poppasmurf_bewdley

londonTiger wrote: »

when i bought my used car it had serious condensation issues, one of the causes was a warped pollen filter that was bent out of shape either from humidity or from being taken out and put back in, a lot of service centers will just remove a pollen filter and blast it with air and put it back in.

anyway, i was looking at everything, checking for wet spots, door/window seals etc to fix the leaks, then one day decided to purchase a new pollen filter on impulse. then all the condensation problems went away.

Ditto. When I had a 2000 reg Vauxhall Astra, it began suffering badly from condensation inside on all the windows. I got under the dash to pull out the pollen filter only to find it was a soggy, yellow mush. I cleared it all out and put in a new one. Hey Presto, the condensation disappeared overnight and never came back.

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Changed the pollen filter on my 2001 Megane today, no idea when it was last changed but it certainly needed it. Noticed a much improvement of the windscreen demisting already. £7 well spent :cool: