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DIY Cabin Pollen Filter Replacement

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tardman91

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Nice. WAY easier than changing the filter on my wife's Mazda 3. That was a real pain in the ass. The best part was that the dealership kept hounding me to get it replaced at about $60 and I said no way. I got the filter for $11 on Amazon, spent close to an hour figuring out how to disassemble everything, and then come to find the car didn't even have a filter! Well, it does now.
 
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plac

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i know no one needs it, but ill prob make a 2 min video showing install tonight.
 
maxtdi

maxtdi

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lol @ plac I told you in the other thread that you did it a bit early on yours.

Great video though! Very informative.

Looks like the 20k mark sounds about right for the filter change.
 
joeeee

joeeee

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seriously though, my ac/vent has a odor, i read about people having the same kind've musty moldy smell. will replacing the filter take that away or do i have to go to the dealer to have it fixed?
 
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Hiram

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joeeee said:
seriously though, my ac/vent has a odor, i read about people having the same kind've musty moldy smell. will replacing the filter take that away or do i have to go to the dealer to have it fixed?
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I have the same question.
 
DBESTGTI1

DBESTGTI1

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To get rid of the musty smell we take the pollen filter out, and use an "ultrasonic" cleaning machine, pour in a liquid cleaner and the machine vaporizes it into a mist, you close up the car but it on max A/C with recirculation on and the mist gets sucked through a blown out of the whole ventilation system which which cleans and sterilizes not only the vents but all the surface areas in the car. When it's done put in a new pollen filter and the smell is gone.

There is a TSB for A/C odor, if its under warranty it's free.
 
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