In-Cabin Air Filters, Ehhh! Who needs em!

[Empty V]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the "Blower Motor Problem" thread located here: zerothread/289709 after finally reading it which I put off because for some reason thought that it didn't apply to me(not even knowing what a blower motor was) I decided to go and change my in-cabin air filter which took an entire 8 minutes. Here's what my filter looked like with 184,000 miles on it. Keep in mind these filters should be changed ever 12,000 miles and new they are white.





I've probably got 50% more air output from my climate control system, huge difference.

Billy

[JHC828]

Yikes!!! I might should check mine out (Idk if I even have them for sure or not) but considering I have 50k miles on the truck, I'd bet it looks pretty nasty.

[fueler]

they look pretty nasty even after 30k miles

[Ubel Feuer]

Where is that located in the vehicle?

[Empty V]

Where is that located in the vehicle?

Behind the glove box, took about 8 minutes to replace. If you follow the link to the blower motor problem thread someone posted a walkthrough on how to change them.

Billy

[pathfinder9035]

geez...i never changed mine and i have 107k i wonder what it will look like...cant wait to see...lol

[SnowSurfLax]

they look pretty nasty even after 30k miles

I've never replaced mine and am pretty sure it's the factory original. It's been through 2 san diego fires so I'm pretty much afraid of what's living in it. It might eat me when I pull it out...

[Empty V]

I've never replaced mine and am pretty sure it's the factory original. It's been through 2 san diego fires so I'm pretty much afraid of what's living in it. It might eat me when I pull it out...

I totally forgot about all the fires, where I live I get the ash from all of the LA, Ventura/Santa Barbara and Malibu fires. Somehow a bunch of cellophane from cigarette boxes got up in mine. I thought about getting a brush to clean the housing but figured it would end up being a bottomless pit.

Billy

[fueler]

I've never replaced mine and am pretty sure it's the factory original. It's been through 2 san diego fires so I'm pretty much afraid of what's living in it. It might eat me when I pull it out...

oh man its going to look like empty v's. ive changed mine like 3 times now and they always look like that

[Qxxx4]

jcpathy69...i love the colour of your pathy...wow

[fueler]

jcpathy69...i love the colour of your pathy...wow

pleasant on the eyes, isnt it?

[Buzzman]

geez...i never changed mine and i have 107k i wonder what it will look like...cant wait to see...lol

Hate to spoil the party, but don't be surprised if you don't have those filters installed.They were not standard equipment on all Pathy's. I didn't have them in my '02. I installed them about a year and a half ago. Easy job.

[pathfinder9035]

well...on the glove box it says something about changing cabin air filter...but who knows. if thats the case...thats one less thing i have to worry about!

[Buzzman]

pleasant on the eyes, isnt it?

Blue ROCKS!

[ECMgarrett]

blue rules



also - thanks for posting that, i'll get to changing mine soon, have just under 80k on her. bet its gross.