How Important is the Cabin Air-filter?

[RickyCRX]

Re: where we drive

Mine looked exactly like mtnc's, though I think I had a few more leaves. Yeah, I was shocked. I haven't been off-road that often (not nearly as much as I want to), and I have a garage. I think most of mine comes from the trees I park under at the office. They're oak and the y drop pollen heavily in Spring as well as drop leaves in the Fall. I think it may also have to do with living in Tx where we use our A/C's on almost full fan from mid-May through October.

Yeah, but I live in San Antonio and park my 4Runner on my driveway under a Live Oak tree any time I'm home. Yeah, I have a parking garage I park in at work, but I still don't accumulate stuff the way all of those pictures have shown...

I took mine out and looked at it recently and it wasn't even worthy of replacement yet.

Ricky

 

[mnormand]

The former owner of mine must have parked under some live oak trees, my filter was about twice as dirty & clogged with leaves as the pic above. I bought it mint condition, shows you still can't assume everything.

It was very satisfying to discover that and pop in a new clean one, I swear I could hear the truck go " Aaaahhhh".