A/C Filter

Honda Accord 2000 EX, 4cyl, 4-door. The manual says to replace air
conditioning filter at 30k miles. I ask my mechanic and he says it is not
necessary. I'd like to replace it myself but not sure where it is located.
I've got 45k miles now and want to replace the a/c filter myself (if it's
easy enough to do). Does anyone know? Thanks in advance.

 

The filter location looks pretty hard to reach... I have to do same on my
2002 Odyssey. May I ask how much time you took to do the job?

 

Not familar with the Odyssey filter, but the '99 Prelude required removing
the glove box and cutting a plastic bar along the bottom of the dash. The
service manual gave explicit locations to cut in order to provide access to
the AC evaporator filter door. Whole replacement process took about 45-60
minutes. Next time it should take less than 15. I believe the bar that
required cutting was only to provide a little support while the dash was
being installed at the factory. I never did find an aftermarket filter for
the Prelude and I think the dealer price was around $30.00 for the pair -
more than twice what the Accord's were.
Hope this helps,
J.

 

I had mine replaced at about 30K and after seeing the old one, I wished I
hadn't waited so long. My '01 Odyssey has about 23K on it and I'm having its
filter replaced soon. Of course, I live in a big city with bad air -- YMMV.

BTW, there are some jobs I'll do myself on my '00 Accord SE, but this one
looked a little too complicated. I paid to have it done.

Paul

 

I have a '01 Accord LX V6. I purchased the filtres for $18.70 Canadian each
(both are the same) plus tax of course. The shop foreman printed out the
directions for the removal of the glove box and the filtres. I haven't
gotten around to changing them, but, the dealership charges half an hour for
labour for doing the job.

 

Everything you need is here:

http://www.pureoil.com/cabin_air.htm

You can also check out some various Honda online parts sources; some of
them have PDFs of the installation available right where you would also
order the part.

 

Hi,
On CRV it was behind the glove box. Less than 1 hour job.
I think next time I can do it in 30 mins.
Tony

 

Hi J.

This afternoon I went about trying to figure out how to replace the filter.
The only way I could gain access was to cut the same plastic bar on the
2002 Odyssey. The metal brace behind it was easily removed, after removing
one screw at each end. The owner`s manual does not say a word on this filter
replacement procedure. Strange `cause yours does. With no other information,
and while figuring out the whole thing, , I came to the conclusion either I
had to cut the plastic bar, either I had the remove the whole dash - it is
moulded in one single piece- while trying to avoid the air bag to deploy
at my face. I concluded the same about the plastic bar than you did, which
was reassuring to me : provide support while assembling at the plant. I cut
the bar in the middle , only after I realized that at both ends there were
open slits, like pilot holes indicating where to slide a small saw to cut
loose. It took me 1 hour, I forecast 20 minutes next time.

I removed the filter (Odyssey only has one filter) , and having no spare in
my hands, I decided to wash it in mild soap. Let it dry, and put it back.

Daniel Montreal

 

That doesn't make any sense. If they had less filter media, the holes
would be bigger, therefore they would take longer to plug those holes.
Now, as to the cleaning quality in the meantime, I don't know, but I
do know that filters generally clean better if they are a little bit
dirty.

Nate

 

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Nate: I didn't explain very well,

Good filters, in cross section, look dense, like this:
||||||||||||||||||||
Crappy Tire NoName filters look flimsy, just like
this:/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

The holes are the same size in both versions, but because cheap ones
have only half as much filter media in them, so they can only hold half
as much dirt before they plug up.

'Curly'


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http://www.batauto.com/articles/cabinair.shtml


Check out the above link. Good luck. It should take you at least an hour
the first time.

 

Awesome!! Thank you very much, that helps a lot.