Acurasrule

to wait to change this thing....









I know the manual says 15,000 is when you should change it...but by the looks of this thing, it could of been changed at 10,000 for sure.


I just used a paper towel to provide contrast, because that is the color of the new filter.


I've noticed the last month or so, that air in my car doesn't seem as fresh, and really when you think about it, this picture really shows what a good job our filters do filtering out the junk. I am defenitly changing this filter ever 10,000 from now on.

Reach

I too changed mine at 15k and was disgusted. There was a dead fly in mine!

LoveMyTL-S

Should this be in the photo gallery? I'd change it too, that's nasty!

jlukja

Mine looked similarly bad when I changed it. Thereafter I resolved to change the cabin filter every 10Kmi.

EuRTSX

I guess I should change mine since I just hit 10k miles.

jlukja

Just inspect it first, its really easy to get to (there is a thread on it) takes all of 2 minutes. A lot depends on the type of environment you live/drive in.

Acurasrule

I will be changing mine every 10,000 Miles from now on.... after seeing what a 15,000 mile dirty filter looks like.


For what it's worth, I'm in Minnesota (Twin Cities) and compared to other cities it's really not that big. For guys living in LA/NY etc, I'd think your filters would look even worse after 15k.

jlukja

Some other threads with pics of dirty pollen filters:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=pollen
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...3&page=1&pp=25

psteng19

For awhile I thought that was the air filter.

joerockt

lol, yup I found a few of those...

Knox

Hmm...I better get on that.

drigo

thanks for reminding me...i meant to change mine when i hit 15k last week...

jerzpwr

mine wasnt that bad.... i changed it at 25K. I guess it really depends on the environment you live or drive at.

SeanS627

your already at 15???

i think we just hit 11 and didn't you get yours after me?

drigo

yup...got it last april...it's actually great for me...on my '04 i put 45k plus in exactly a year and a half...changed the cabin filter 3 times...

SeanS627

GEEZ

we got it jan. 31st 2006 and it has roughly 11k

aaronng

It depends on whether you use fresh air or recirculate on your climate control. If you use recirculate only, then it'll be only light gray even after 2 years.

tsxowner1

Remember to vaccum/wipe the filter housing first before installing the new filter. There's some nasty stuff in there that did not get trapped in the filter.

drigo

forgot to ask....does anybody know if the '04 cabin filter is the same as the '06's ? i'm pretty sure it is but just wanted to double check...thanks

godfather2

that's the pollen/cabin filter, correct? if so, i change mine every 30k miles and it hasn't been a problem