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This one is a nice addition to my ‘cabin air filter’ series. I’ve done a few of these and they are useful, you can save a lot of money doing this yourself. This Toyota is probably one of the easiest in my opinion.
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So…What’s there to clean if you Do not have a filter like my Car? I guess you just turn the blower on High and see what flies out. =P
[quote=”Icebeam47″ post=40428]So…What’s there to clean if you Do not have a filter like my Car? I guess you just turn the blower on High and see what flies out. =P[/quote]
That’s nice!
Seems exactly what happened to me when I tried to fix my blower motor that stopped working on my dear old Citroen AX GT!
It had started to not to spin on first speed, then on second, and at last even the third and last speed stopped working.Well after some cursing I had to buy a very deep 11mm insert for my ratchet to reach one of the fasteners.
After that I had to cut open the “blind bolts” (some bolts with no hexagon) to reach the motor itself…
And when it came apart I just discovered its bearings had been blocked by dirt and dust.
You have no idea of how much dirt and dry things were actually “buried” in the blower!! :blink:And in the end it was enough to lubricate the bearings and clean them , and of course to replace the resistor that regulated the three speeds, to restore everything to its pristine state.
Of course I had to solder some aftermarket hexagons to be able to re-assemble the motor, but then it was all ok!I guess the cabin filters are not there only to protect our lungs but also the blower motor’s bearings! 😛
Live long and prosper,
10nico
The biggest thing that cabin air filters help with is evaporator odor. Before cabin air filters there were lots of problems with evaporator odor due to mold growing on the evaporators themselves due to the collection of dust and particulate matter on the evaporator. They really do serve a good purpose.
Mold ugh… I did have a problem with that at one point. Someone told me just to run the heat on the hottest and on low for a little while.
Tried it, Yay smell is gone.
[quote=”Icebeam47″ post=40514]Mold ugh… I did have a problem with that at one point. Someone told me just to run the heat on the hottest and on low for a little while.
Tried it, Yay smell is gone.[/quote]
Another thing we were suggesting before cabin filters was to turn your AC off a mile or so before you reached your destination and leave the blower on. This would help ‘dry out’ the evaporator so that condensation didn’t allow the mold to take hold.
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