92silverls400 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 would you recommend cleaning the cabin air filter with vacum cleaner or buying a new one, Asked the parts guy at dealership, stated you shouldn't vacum it, but replace it. cost $ 56 When I pulled the cabin air filter out from behind the glove compartment, the bracket that holds the filter states: to clean, use air blower . so I guess the parts guy is right in one way, I replaced the the filter with a new one, and kept the old one, I vacum it . 2000 LS400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrome04 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 They just tell you not to maintain it so they can make the sale. And $56 seems VERY steep for a cabin air filter. Should be like ~$30. I agree with blowing it out with an air gun. That's what I do to my air filter, but I've heard to only blow ONE direction. Blow onto the clean side so you don't lodge dirt deeper into the filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED. Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Vac it after you go and order a new one. I just bought one a few weeks ago from here and the new one is a lot more heavy-duty versus the one in there. It amazes me everytime how much crap gets in those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotguyPA28 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 You can get them for $20 on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92silverls400 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 thanks for the information, Now I have to check if I put it in correctly, just saw a picture of the air filter with an arrow pointing a certain direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrome04 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Just incase this will help... Air flow is: UP V V V V DOWN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED. Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I have my arrow facing down since it comes in from the cowl up top and then hits the filter before going off to the vents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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