Why you should change your microfilter

[brodee]

Finally got around to changing out the cabin filter on the touring. It was barely blowing air anymore even on high blower. After pulling it out I could see why.





It's not as bad a job as I was expecting. I'd read they can be nasty (part of the reason I kept putting it off). Wish now I would have done it much sooner. Took about an hour.

[Qube]

I thought you did yours already... this seems like a rerun... wonder who it was. Do we get better performance running a K&N there?

[brodee]

First one I've done. It had been needing it for a while. Clogged filter + Houston heat makes for unhappy wife

[winfred]

if you look it you will see the date on the side and that will give you a good idea how old, they look fairly nasty after a couple years, seen a few at work that were the orignal 12 year old filter, sorta like a hunk of plywood as far as the blower is conserned

[brodee]

if you look it you will see the date on the side

Ya, this one was dated '95 so it's been in there for a while.

[saluki540i]

Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend. I've had the filter - that gave me the incentive to change it out. I'll be real curious to see when mine was changed, because up till I bought it from my dad, the BMW dealer maintained it. Were they changed at the inspections or by customer request only?

[KenB]

Changed mine this spring, it was nasty. Severely restricted air flow and it was starting to stink...hardly any AC was getting thru, now it's like a deep freezer...quite nice with 100 degree heat we've has this week.

[Ross]

Hallelujah!
I found mine to be "only" 3 years old but nearly as filthy.
It's not my favorite job to do nor do I enjoy shelling out for the filter but will do so annually after seeing what collects in there.

[dbals]

where is this filter located? how do you change it? sorry for the newbie question

NEVERMIND. I FOUND THE INFO NEEDED. I'M A DUMBASS.

[ILoveMPower]

Hey brodee how about some fresh pics of the touring while your at it! :P