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Cabin air filter change question
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2nd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: pa
should be all good now.
Last edited by SkyWitit23; Sep 25, 2012 at 08:00 PM.
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From: MD/WV
For what it's worth, I don't think the arrow really matters. Unless you were to remove the filter while it is dirty, and then reinstalled it dirty. That way it is a reference to which side should be faced back outward, so as to not "push" all of the dirt out of the filter and into the system.
One other thought, some cabin air filters come coated in carbon for "odor reduction." However, I haven't seen one of these for our Mustangs. Moreso Volkswagons and Toyotas. Either way, it is carbon coated on one side and regular hepa-paper on the reverse. This may make the arrow more important?, but I don't see the difference of if the air hits the carbon side first or the paper side first...
Just my 2 cents
One other thought, some cabin air filters come coated in carbon for "odor reduction." However, I haven't seen one of these for our Mustangs. Moreso Volkswagons and Toyotas. Either way, it is carbon coated on one side and regular hepa-paper on the reverse. This may make the arrow more important?, but I don't see the difference of if the air hits the carbon side first or the paper side first...
Just my 2 cents
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From: pa
I can take out the filter with my eyes closed now haha
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From: Maui
This thread got me to change mine. 25k miles and it wasn't that dirty, just kinda dusty. $16.57 fron Napa, not cheap.
I really can't believe there is a difference in which way you flip it when installing when new.
I really can't believe there is a difference in which way you flip it when installing when new.
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From: Palm Beach to South Carolina
Originally Posted by wayne613
Fresh air gets pulled in through the filter in that compartment, air flow arrow when secured...Faces the direction the air is going. Tain't a hard concept.
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Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Alabama
Wat? It's facing toward you when you put it into the housing, when you put the housing back with the new filter the arrow should be facing the rear of the car. This has not changed, or is different in the models, or other cars for that matter.
Fresh air gets pulled in through the filter in that compartment, air flow arrow when secured...Faces the direction the air is going. Tain't a hard concept.
Fresh air gets pulled in through the filter in that compartment, air flow arrow when secured...Faces the direction the air is going. Tain't a hard concept.
