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RHD Air filter
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Replacing the filters is an absolute PITA because the pedals and the steering column is in the way so it needs a bit of twisting and some patience.
Cor blimey, they look black for just 1 year. Was hoping to get 2 years out of mine. Do you live in London?!
Good work / effort & thanks for reporting back. If they did the UK service cost inc filters for say is £75 I think I’ll leave this one to Tesla. If the price is more like twice that I’ll follow in your shadow.
Good work / effort & thanks for reporting back. If they did the UK service cost inc filters for say is £75 I think I’ll leave this one to Tesla. If the price is more like twice that I’ll follow in your shadow.
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I believe that Tesla did a software change after initial smell problems that does similar automatically.
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Not sure how effective they are as a pollen filter. Our home MVHR requires the HEPA grade filters to stop pollen. You can get after market HEPA filters which are obviously more expensive. iirc torque alliance in Europe did them or a few in the US.
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Not sure how effective they are as a pollen filter. Our home MVHR requires the HEPA grade filters to stop pollen. You can get after market HEPA filters which are obviously more expensive. iirc torque alliance in Europe did them or a few in the US.
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Nah, done mine recently and it was really pretty easy, two plastic panels on bottom of dash, a little bit of ducting, the side carpet panel, access to the torx screw is easy then. The bit that seems to make the difference is the ducting removal.
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Jason71
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generally the way filters work is that they just get more and more clogged as they get old. they don't become less effective at filtering so are you guys seeing a drop in air flow? is that why you are changing them? What is the recommendation from Tesla? if its based on the dust bowl that is California I would double it
Tesla recommendation is 2 years. Mine were full of crap. My reasons to replace were 2 years is up, and slightly smelly HVAC, so I also cleaned the evaporator. Much better now
This is a great hands on video, watched it the other day and he goes through each step in painstaking detail (which is great for me, as I'm useless).Nah, done mine recently and it was really pretty easy, two plastic panels on bottom of dash, a little bit of ducting, the side carpet panel, access to the torx screw is easy then. The bit that seems to make the difference is the ducting removal.
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Marc, great video..looks easy and straight forward.
Watching the Video I now know that I'll pay someone to do it, my ageing body complains for several days if I spend time twisting myself into a footwell....or any tight space.
19 year old mind, 69 year old body..... Unfair!
Watching the Video I now know that I'll pay someone to do it, my ageing body complains for several days if I spend time twisting myself into a footwell....or any tight space.
19 year old mind, 69 year old body..... Unfair!
Received my replacement filters from Tesla, impressed to receive them in a padded bag that was made from 60% recycled content and fully recyclable again. The filters are then just loose inside, no unnecessary bags, boxes, instruction manuals etc.
Small things done right.
Small things done right.
tomorrowman
Member
Before practicing your contortionist skills you could try an Air Con Bomb
Mixed views on effectiveness but at a price that's low enough that it's worth a try.
Will give it a go at the weekend - no real smells in car, just doing as preventative measure.
Mixed views on effectiveness but at a price that's low enough that it's worth a try.
Will give it a go at the weekend - no real smells in car, just doing as preventative measure.
Thankfully my car remains fresh smelling so far! Over the years I've seen so many examples of routine maintenance on cars that turns out to be unnecessarily complicated! You would think that by this stage of the game all this kind of stuff would be designed to be easily accessible. It connects with the concept of "right to repair" ... let's add in "ease of maintenance". If it's difficult then people tend not to do it or it costs more to pay someone else to do it.
Envchem
Member
Just watched the video and I am pretty sure that if I try to do this myself I will probably break the lot Better a trip to the SC for me at least heh. By the way I am currently at 33k miles and no smell or deterioration on the performance of the air con unit.
Better a trip to the SC for me at least heh. By the way I am currently at 33k miles and no smell or deterioration on the performance of the air con unit.
Nick77
Deep Blue Model 3 LR (2021 MIC)
I took the drivers Footwell trim off yesterday when fitting a new LED. It really is a piece of cake. The plastic push pins just pop out. You can't break them unless you deliberately try to cleave their heads off with buttloads of force and a really sharp screwdriver.
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