cabin filters

meicalnissyen

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06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)

• Mar 16, 2010

• #1

53k

 

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hominemodi

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2008 mazdaspeed3

• Mar 16, 2010

• #2

eeeeewwwww! what's the location of these things?

 

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ncspeed21

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08 Mazdaspeed 3

• Mar 16, 2010

• #3

haha the dealer told me i needed to replace mine at 20k and i said no thanks uh oh!!

 

meicalnissyen

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06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)

• Mar 16, 2010

• #4

hominemodi said:

eeeeewwwww! what's the location of these things?

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those actually arnet bad, others have pulled out black

I wonder if they were changd at the 30K service

 

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mrdouble99

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Mazdaspeed3

• Mar 16, 2010

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hominemodi said:

eeeeewwwww! what's the location of these things?

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http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123753633&highlight=filter

 

Hank3

Asian Persuasion <><

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2010 Mazda5 GT

• Mar 16, 2010

• #6

Yeah...20K is the interval to which they need to be changed. I used an extremely helpful video on youtube to help me change them out. Had my laptop out there and did all in about 30 minutes. A lot easier than I thought it would be.

 

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hominemodi

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2008 mazdaspeed3

• Mar 16, 2010

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thanks for the link; i'm coming up on 20k so i better check. in my previous car i never checked those filters and i had it for 10 years/135k miles (eek2)

 

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Babyface13

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2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3

• Mar 16, 2010

• #8

I wonder what mine look like after 70k?

 

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stageup

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• Mar 17, 2010

• #9

manual says 30k to change it out no ?
i'm about due soon

 

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Design

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• Mar 17, 2010

• #10

stageup said:

manual says 30k to change it out no ?
i'm about due soon

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Yep. Every 30K. Pic confirms that you shouldn't wait too long past that.

 

meicalnissyen

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06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)

• Mar 17, 2010

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Hank3 said:

Yeah...20K is the interval to which they need to be changed. I used an extremely helpful video on youtube to help me change them out. Had my laptop out there and did all in about 30 minutes. A lot easier than I thought it would be.

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the video was helpful,
after you get to em, remember that little phrase " the first one lays in high, and toward the firewall"
use your right hand for that. palm toward the firewall, thumb against the outer bottom corner of the filter to keep the inside edge kicked up into its home THEN with your left hand, palm upslide the bottom one into its channel groove on the underside of the top filter an it slides right in easy

dont do this part as soon as you get the flippin cover off, clear all the tools out of the footwell, take a short walk, get your mind calm. then they will slide right in.

oh, and you only need to pull the harness plugs on the top of the pcb

 

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khoney

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2007 Cosmic Blue MS3, 2018 CX-9 Signature

• Mar 18, 2010

• #12

Hank3 said:

Yeah...20K is the interval to which they need to be changed. I used an extremely helpful video on youtube to help me change them out. Had my laptop out there and did all in about 30 minutes. A lot easier than I thought it would be.

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Is your real name Gumby? I think my spine is still recovering from replacing mine.

 

Hank3

Asian Persuasion <><

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2010 Mazda5 GT

• Mar 19, 2010

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khoney said:

Is your real name Gumby? I think my spine is still recovering from replacing mine.

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Not Gumby...but I'm only 5'4 and don't have gorilla hands (wiggle)