Cabin filter

[mauro12]

Hi guys , in addition to what I’ve just asked in the previous post , I noticed that during highway driving with the fresh air vent open , I have some dust coming inside the car . Probably is the time to replace the cabin filter .
Yesterday I came very close to the filter but I didn’t understand 2 things . First how to remove the air flap , it seems that is taken in place by some cable and I didn’t want to break. Second , the air filter has some wires on it , making an s shape , what is the procedure to put in place the new filter ? How is supposed to stay there and not moving ? I’ve checked in the forum but there are no pictures apart from a German forum.
Thank you

[Lorsar]

The figure 8 wire holds the filter in place with pressure against the walls of the cowl area.  I changed mine about a year ago and removed the flap because I also needed to replace the rubber on the flap.  I recall it was relatively easy to remove the attached wire that lifts it.  You may be able to slide the filter in from the side without removing the flap.

There are pictures in this thread.
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=22439.0

[mauro12]

I would like to remove the flap too in order the clean the entire area but it seems I cannot understand the right procedure .
A video might be helpful.

[lreppond]

Although I didn’t actually change it myself, I saw the mechanic I use do so. After removing the cowl grill, he fished out the dirty filter, ran a shop vac in the area , replaced the filter and reinstalled the grille.  What I can say with certainly is the air is noticeably cleaner. Replacing the filter really improved the volume of air flow as well.

Does any know how often they should be routinely replaced? 

[Charles 230SL]

Does any know how often they should be routinely replaced?

I think it would depend on your driving conditions and the amount of dust, leaves, pollen, etc., you encounter while driving.

I replaced my cabin filter (113 830 0118) 6 months ago and it was pretty straight-forward; remove the grille and cowl, and open the fresh air flap to access the filter. I removed the air flap (which made it easier) only because I needed to replace the air flap bushings and the grommet for the air flap control cable. Authentic Classics had everything I needed.

[Mike Hughes]

I've looked in the Wiki but can't find any instructions/how-to photos on how to access and change the cabin air filter in any of the heating or air conditioning sections.  Am I not looking in the right places or is this something that would be a good and useful addition to the Wiki?

I bet my cabin air filter hasn't been changed since before 1989!

[BobH]

There are some instructions and pictures on here, if you scroll down.  You just need to register if you're not already a member

https://www.pagodentreff.de/diskussionsforum/threads/wassereinbruch-woher-kommt-das-wasser.1686/#post11784

[JamesL]

Mike
This may help
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=5921.msg56255#msg56255

and the link at the end of my post here is referring to the thread above ^
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=5921.msg56255#msg56255

[rwmastel]

... is this something that would be a good and useful addition to the Wiki?

Yes.

[BobH]

Hello everyone, so, even though i'm sometimes computer illiterate, i've had a bash at adding this to the technical manual.  The main challenge is guessing what menu and what heading to put it under, so please have a look and see if you can find it hidden there!

If it looks ok, i'll carry on adding to it and tidy it up

[Mike Hughes]

Thanks, Bob!

Found the topic "How to replace the intake air filter" under "Cooling, heating and air conditioning," then scrolled down to the Maintenance section.  That seems to be the most logical place to put it.

A great addition would be some detail photos of the steps to take everything apart to get to the stage shown in the included photos.  Such illustration may aid one's understanding of the text.

The link to Pagodentreff helps, but I wasn't able to enlarge the thumbnails even after trying to register.

[BobH]

That's good, i've asked Pagodentreff if i can borrow their pictures and content, i didn't want to take liberties, now i have a rough idea how to edit i can add to it

[Bonnyboy]

This thread has me scared -  I didn't even know we had a cabin filter in our cars.  I can only imagine what mine looks like after 35+ years.

Looking forward to the photos.

Learn something new about the car every week.

[BobH]

I've now uploaded some more pictures and tweaked a few things, thanks to Pagodentreff and contributors on here

[Peter van Es]

Bob, thanks for your contribution.... however, the way you uploaded images is not quite correct. Read this page to know how to do this in future. I've fixed it for you...

https://www.sl113.org/wiki/PmWiki/Uploads

[BobH]

Hello Peter, thanks for making the corrections, it was a work in progress, so now i know how it should look

Can you please confirm that the images i imported from off site were ok?  was it just the last four images i copied from posts that were incorrect, was it the size of the pictures that was wrong?

Thank you

Bob

[Peter van Es]

Bob,

you uploaded the pictures in the SandBox. You need to upload them on the page/group where you are adding the content, because SandBox content is for trials only and may be deleted.

So I moved them to the correct area, and used the correct Attach: commands.

When linking pictures from the forum, I usually scale them down so as to not make them too big on the page.

Code: [Select]

%lfloat width=500px%  http://www.sl113.org/forums/uploaded/91lux/2006928131827_Filter%20%20pagode%202.JPG
[[<<]]

The %lfloat width=500px% command says to align the picture to the left, and limit the width to 500 pixels. The [[<<]] makes sure that the text following the picture does not float to the right of it, but that the line returns back to the left.

The other thing I did was add structure to your content (Definition, Components, Maintenance etc)

Peter

[badali]

Here is a link from when I did this job many years ago.

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=15054.msg103730#msg103730

[mauro12]

It seems quite difficult to disconnect the cable without damage . I’m referring to the cable that regulates the open and close of the flap.