[Euro] Dust and pollen filter

**yfin** · 12-11-2005 01:51 AM

The Euro manual recommends replacement of the dust and pollen filter every 30,000kms or 12 months.

Now I can be fairly confident that Honda dealers I have been to didn't change mine as part of scheduled servicing. I say this as I just pulled mine out and it has plenty of crap in there (separate the channels).

I can't be bothered changing it now (how much are these?) - just vacuumed out all the crap.

Anyway - thought I would let you know - as Honda dealers don't appear to follow the schedule for replacing these.

**aaronng** · 12-11-2005 02:04 AM

The dust and pollen filter is not in the scheduled service though... It's about AU$80 or so from the dealer. You can buy from Acura of Escondido on ebay for cheaper.

**yfin** · 12-11-2005 02:05 AM

It is in the scheduled service tables in the full manual - for some reason it isn't in that flimsy service booklet.

$80? lol. Yeah I'll look online. Didn't take me long to find this---$12.95 USD..

http://www.cabinairfilters.net/cabin%20air%209922TC.htm

**aaronng** · 12-11-2005 11:44 AM

Ahh.. good find! I might buy about 5 of them then to use in the car.

**yfin** · 12-11-2005 01:53 PM

I emailed these guys - they will ship by air 1 or 2 units to Australia for shipping cost of $13.40 canadian.

So if you buy 2 the total cost shipped is $50 AUD.

By the way - this doesn't look like an OEM Honda part - it is a non genuine replacement. Anyway given the price I think I will order 2 from these guys - aarong is right Honda parts want $80 for 1 oem.

**Eurotony** · 12-11-2005 04:54 PM

My dealer did an air con system clean at the 50k aervice for about 90 bucks

**Vtec_inside** · 12-11-2005 05:43 PM

that a waste of money ozone cleaning. i have seen it. Their are car that mhave been on the road for 8-10 years and never been serviced with that ozhone thing, and they don't smell bad or anything. i think this is a bit like fuel additives i fuel injector cleaner or fuel saving pills.

**yfin** · 12-11-2005 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Vtec_inside

that a waste of money ozone cleaning. i have seen it. Their are car that mhave been on the road for 8-10 years and never been serviced with that ozhone thing, and they don't smell bad or anything. i think this is a bit like fuel additives i fuel injector cleaner or fuel saving pills.

What are you talking about re ozone cleaning? We are talking about a dust filter that air passes through before it reaches the vents inside the car.

Sounds to me that Eurotony paid $80 for the filter and $10 for fitting the filter (a 3 minute job).

**Eurotony** · 13-11-2005 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by yfin

What are you talking about re ozone cleaning? We are talking about a dust filter that air passes through before it reaches the vents inside the car.

Sounds to me that Eurotony paid $80 for the filter and $10 for fitting the filter (a 3 minute job).

What I had done was an Aircon system clean. I believe they take out the filters, clean (or replace) them & clean all the housings & fittings with an antibacterial cleaner. The system smells fresher & Works as well as ever. I guess because I use the car for business & I can claim it on tax it was ok. If I was not able to do so I may have thought twice about having to pay for it.