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Old Nov 29, 2021 | 10:03 PM
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Cabin air filter

Had to swap out my cabin air filter the other day.
wow, what a huge air loss I am noticing! It’s probably 50% of what it was.
the picture is what I bought.
looking for recommendations on a different filter for more air flow


 
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Old Nov 29, 2021 | 10:05 PM
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Motorcraft is good, fits great. There are some off brand ones that are similar but dont fit as well as Motorcraft.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2021 | 10:46 PM
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Motorcraft is good, fits great. There are some off brand ones that are similar but dont fit as well as Motorcraft.
Yup, go back with what came in it.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 08:16 AM
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crap I just bought a similar one to change mine. Sure enough I searched reviews for "restriction" and a bunch came up just like OP mentioned. I don't want to use the Motorcraft one because it's not charcoal, but looks like I will have to. IMO the charcoal ones do a much better job, all well.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 09:00 AM
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Why not try it. Takes 5 mins to change it.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 09:52 AM
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Had to swap out my cabin air filter the other day.
wow, what a huge air loss I am noticing! It’s probably 50% of what it was.
the picture is what I bought.
looking for recommendations on a different filter for more air flow

anything hepa rated is going to restrict flow that 5 layers takes its toll. It like the factory air filter vs a k&n. To filter smaller particles flow is a trade off. If you go with the same part number -the HP you will have the flow back. I’ll add drive it around for a week. Maybe it defrosts the windows fine and you get less dust in the cab. Maybe the max flow isn’t needed.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 09:23 PM
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Ended up taking the hepa back. Got another filter from Advanced for $18. Looks similar to factory and I got my air flow back. Seems like it’s a bit more than the factory filter 😎
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 09:24 PM
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The only thing these filters do is filter the air when you draw air in from the outside vents right?
while on circulation, does it not filter anything?
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 09:39 PM
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I think it always goes through it.

On the off brand fitment just takes a little more attention. Works fine.


The Motorcraft off amazon is pretty inexpensive.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 11:03 PM
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I just replace my cabin air filter with one of these.


I did not really notice much difference in the system air flow. It's about $25 from their web site.

https://pureflowair.com/products/202...b603a301&_ss=r
 
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Old Nov 30, 2021 | 11:22 PM
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Driving around downtown kinda stinky at times. Bet that filter helps.

So many short trips I usually turn off recirculating to keep the system dry.
 
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