MI5

Quiet day, so was going through my old service schedules and marrying them up with the bills and what had been done. Yeah I know, sad, but I am just sorting out what I can do myself from what I need to get Honda to do.

According to my service book MY01 86K has a full service history with everything being done roughly in line with the recommended intervals and in accordance with the maintenance schedules except:-

Nowhere could I find any mention of the pollen filter. Not an earth shattering piece of kit I admit, but its supposed to have been changed every 12 months or 18K.

Anyway, 5 minutes of easy fettling under the bonnet and its out, and a more manky filter you couldnt wish for. Dont know when, if ever, it has been done, but the new one was a revelation in white. Yet another example of Honda missing things and the benefit of DIY if you can. I suppose I should be grateful that I dont appear to have been charged for it to have been changed!

I have attached a pic of the old filter.

davekelly

not good, yeah you take more pride and take the time to do things right with a bit of DIY.

makes me think ....i think ill check mine now ive seen that pic lol

easy job?

Beardie

What did they charge you for the new one?

Never quite understood the need for a pollen filter in a soft top.

Loobs

It keeps that crap out of the AC system. Where is it hiding? I'll need to look now, chuck up shed loads of dust doing 'solos

Beardie

You don't need a HEPA quality filter to keep the shit out of the AC system. A bog standard filter will do that. Probably a standard Honda part for all cars?

MI5

Very easy job, 5 minutes tops.

Filter lives in its housing under the plastic bit in front of the wipers on the passenger side (I am keeping it simple here).

Under the bonnet, gently lever up the corner of the plastic just in front of the small bonnet seal that goes across the width of the car. You just need to release 3 of the T clips to be able to lift the corner of the plastic bit. Under it on the right you will see slightly tucked away a white plastic semi round holder which just lifts out with a bit of fiddling. The filter lives in this and just needs to be eased out of the holder and replaced with a new one. Fitting is just a reversal, but make sure the bonnet seal T clips are attached to the seal.

Filter cost me