I did this once on my wife’s I remembered as soon as you started dragging it’s unwilling backside out! I have no idea why there isn’t simply smooth egress, because it’s not as though it ever needs to stay in without the plastic clipped panel?! Anyway, thanks for the memory jogger, I’ll do what I did before…got it in with difficulty, then shoved it around a bit to make it ‘fluff out’ properly as that stoopid catching on whatever it is, succeeds in making this less than smooth. If it was smooth, you’d literally be able to slide it in by feel but no…! Thanks again, take care all.
Sorry to second comment, just feedback after I did the job just now in our cold UK February evening…first the arrows for airflow, I did it the way you show it - arrow points into the cabin, same as the one you took out. I have in front of me one of thise accursed cartoon pictorials they’re usually not awful, but this one says ‘airflow’ then shows arrows going both directions! Very funny Bosch, how terribly helpful. It clearly shows three arrows, pointing towards the engine bay, and says ‘airflow’ beside it. In other words, it contradicts what you did, I did, and how it looks to be the airflow goes. Leaves me no clearer, so I take it the side we KNOW is dirty, the side at the engine bay bulkhead, is where the air COMES from. The other side, is the interior cabin side, ie do it exactly the way you did and it’s right. But this Bosch cartoon, clearly if anything, depicts the other way. Anyway, two points…one, this cruddy clippy cover, is prone to falling off, then the internal air, gets sucked in, because it’s easier than going through a blocked filter ie it’s like hitting the ‘recycle’ button in the car, and indeed it therefore makes your car steam up especially on cold nights etc. Point 2, this clippy cover thing, is prone to doing that, dropping off, it turns out at the top are the air conditioning feed pipes to the heater matrix inside the car…you have to ‘sort of’ get the cover on, THEN make sure the top bit is firmly in properly (!) THEN you can make sure the two middle-ish clips are snagged properly and the bottom is on. Then slowly, slowly, back away…don’t let it see you are frightened…maintain eye contact, then suddenly, dive out of the car, slam the door, and you oughtta be done! They let the office juniors design these, they gotta start somewhere, same as BMW little bits like the weedy forks on their big motorcycles used to be, with weedy springs for a 12-year-old to be just the right weight on the bike (!), and Volvo let design their key locks for the boot/trunk…that’s right, it’s such a bad design, they didn’t even incorporate it into their finished cars, since 2003 or so, haha. Anyway, thanks, it’s not the worst job by a long way, and this aide-memoir is top notch - and it’s free as well. Take care all, laugh this stuff off FGS.
I have watched some other videos and I noticed it was mounted on the vertical,(with the folds horizontally) not horizontal (with the folds vertically) like you did. I think it needed rotation of 90 degrees.. Confused now....
There might be some confusion. You don't need to remove any screws at all to replace this. Maybe you are trying to pull out the wrong piece of plastic.
I don't find it too bad when you get it in there. But they absolutely could have improved the design to make it more user friendly to change, and not require squashing the whole thing up first to make it work!
Car maintenance at home doesn't get much easier than this. Are there any other easy jobs that you like to tackle?
I did this once on my wife’s I remembered as soon as you started dragging it’s unwilling backside out! I have no idea why there isn’t simply smooth egress, because it’s not as though it ever needs to stay in without the plastic clipped panel?! Anyway, thanks for the memory jogger, I’ll do what I did before…got it in with difficulty, then shoved it around a bit to make it ‘fluff out’ properly as that stoopid catching on whatever it is, succeeds in making this less than smooth. If it was smooth, you’d literally be able to slide it in by feel but no…! Thanks again, take care all.
I completely agree with you, it is ridiculous. I also can't see why it shouldn't just cleanly slot in.
There's no one better than a brit or an Aussie, whatever are you, to be your guide on these multiple tasks. You just earned a subscription
Aussie, and thank you.
Thank you so much , I managed to change my filter after watching the video
Glad it helped. It's really easy once you know how to do it.
Sorry to second comment, just feedback after I did the job just now in our cold UK February evening…first the arrows for airflow, I did it the way you show it - arrow points into the cabin, same as the one you took out. I have in front of me one of thise accursed cartoon pictorials they’re usually not awful, but this one says ‘airflow’ then shows arrows going both directions! Very funny Bosch, how terribly helpful. It clearly shows three arrows, pointing towards the engine bay, and says ‘airflow’ beside it. In other words, it contradicts what you did, I did, and how it looks to be the airflow goes. Leaves me no clearer, so I take it the side we KNOW is dirty, the side at the engine bay bulkhead, is where the air COMES from. The other side, is the interior cabin side, ie do it exactly the way you did and it’s right. But this Bosch cartoon, clearly if anything, depicts the other way.
Anyway, two points…one, this cruddy clippy cover, is prone to falling off, then the internal air, gets sucked in, because it’s easier than going through a blocked filter ie it’s like hitting the ‘recycle’ button in the car, and indeed it therefore makes your car steam up especially on cold nights etc. Point 2, this clippy cover thing, is prone to doing that, dropping off, it turns out at the top are the air conditioning feed pipes to the heater matrix inside the car…you have to ‘sort of’ get the cover on, THEN make sure the top bit is firmly in properly (!) THEN you can make sure the two middle-ish clips are snagged properly and the bottom is on. Then slowly, slowly, back away…don’t let it see you are frightened…maintain eye contact, then suddenly, dive out of the car, slam the door, and you oughtta be done! They let the office juniors design these, they gotta start somewhere, same as BMW little bits like the weedy forks on their big motorcycles used to be, with weedy springs for a 12-year-old to be just the right weight on the bike (!), and Volvo let design their key locks for the boot/trunk…that’s right, it’s such a bad design, they didn’t even incorporate it into their finished cars, since 2003 or so, haha. Anyway, thanks, it’s not the worst job by a long way, and this aide-memoir is top notch - and it’s free as well. Take care all, laugh this stuff off FGS.
My 2018 has crews its not easy to remove them but I managed to change my filter thank you.
They may have slightly changed the design as part of the model facelift.
Well and simply explained cheers
No problem 👍
I have watched some other videos and I noticed it was mounted on the vertical,(with the folds horizontally) not horizontal (with the folds vertically) like you did. I think it needed rotation of 90 degrees.. Confused now....
You could be right, I am not sure. The air will still pass through it either way, and it sprung back into place once it was in and fit fine.
Thank you. But squishing it like that will leave gaps around it for dus/leafs to pass by.
Unfortunately there is no other way I can find to get it in, as the opening is smaller than the filter. It springs back into shape once inside though.
Thanks for the video - helped me loads
What size at the screws? Using a PH2 and I can’t move it at all
There might be some confusion. You don't need to remove any screws at all to replace this. Maybe you are trying to pull out the wrong piece of plastic.
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I think they all have screws, its just that some people like to remove them to make the job easier, altought its not correct to do it.
Looks like the new filter is kinda folded up inside the housing. What a stupid design of a filter. Looks more like a sponge.
They could definitely improve the design a LOT. But once you push it in, it all springs back into the proper shape.
Once again renault made filter hole smaller than the filter and filter doesnt seal in the housing at all. What the fuck renault
I don't find it too bad when you get it in there. But they absolutely could have improved the design to make it more user friendly to change, and not require squashing the whole thing up first to make it work!
@@HobbyWild last filter i got was very stiff and ittook me probably 10min to put it in properly