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Most difficult cabin air filter times 1000
I just changed the cabin air filter today on my 2018 X1. Wow— what a ridiculous joke of engineering. My daughters Mazda— open the glove box, open a small door in the back of the glovebox, snap open a cover behind that, pull out the filter, push in a new one, snap the cover back, close the glove box. 2 minutes if you are slow. BMW— spend an hour searching through YouTube videos to figure out where the filter even is, most of which say it’s under the hood; which it’s not (maybe in an earlier model). Finally figure out its under the dash, get out a bunch of tools, remove a ton of crap, finally find it in an inaccessible place, unless you’re a gymnast, behind a door that doesn’t open all the way. Fight getting the 2 of them out, new ones back in, start screwing all the freaking trim back. 2 fingers on my right hand are bandaged, I have scrapes on my elbow, and the neighbors kids probably went home with some good stories about what the crazy old man down the street was yelling. My wife’s 2017 330i— not as bad but still not great. No wonder the Germans lost the war.
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Hey guys,
Did someone ever install one of these PureFlow Cabin Filters? https://www.amazon.com/-/en/PureFlow.../dp/B07N1HKGVQ They are supposed to have better filtration capabilities with 4 layers than regular BMW cabin filters (part 64316835405 or 64316835406, https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=64_2384).
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Thanks!
I'm going to try them out. I'm having that nasty smell coming out from vents, so I'm going to clean the evaporator and the air vents in conjunction with a new pair of filters. I read your experience here: https://f48.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1625437, and I'm going to do pretty much the same =). I couldn't find the Klima Cleaner from nextzett, but I found one from Liqui Moly (https://products.liqui-moly.com/a-c-...r-spray-1.html).
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Hello. I did my cabin filter change recently and it was a pain in the butt. I don't see the design purpose behind it besides swaying owners to dealership like some had mentioned. This would've been a one minute job on my Lexus RX. Anyhow, I thought I share my findings about the cabin filter itself. I found that the HENGST brand to be more sturdy as it has plastic side walls to support, especially when pushing the filter into the housing box in the tiny space that you have. The filter that a dealership put in my car under the warranty was the MANN brand which felt flimsy with no side support. My filter looks filthy after 17k miles and I drive my F10 in same area and the cabin filter didn't look nearly as filthy after 30k miles which makes me wonder if the dealer actually replaced it.
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