Mini Cooper Cabin Air Filter Replacement
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- This video shows you how to replace a cabin air filter on a 2007 Mini Cooper S. This procedure will also work for other Mini’s of the same vintage. It doesn’t take a lot of time, you don’t need a lot of tools, and it can save you a great deal of money. All good things.
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I did mine because I didn’t have one at all when I bought mine the previous owner was going broke and sold the car because they couldn’t afford it and he told me it had no filter because the old one was so restrictive because it was bad. I kinda just guessed how to put it in and was half right, I put it in right except I forgot to check the air flow directions. So much better now thank you
The biggest cabin filter for the smallest car
Another quality video, thanks Eric, keep em coming!
Honestly I should just check your videos first when I have questions about anything. You always seem to answer everything cuz of the thoroughness of these vids. I had to check 3 before watching this one to tell me the direction of the airflow lol THANKS!
Hey Eric. Glad to see you back making videos.
LOL, never even knew of cabin air filters until I started watching your posts Mr Eric.
good to see a smart design. simple and very effective.
they could make you buy a special curved filter nowadays...
Thanks very much, while not easy to get the new one in, getting it open and out wasn't too bad!
Woah, this is pretty big air filter, in fact, probably the biggest one i've seen.
Liked it before I even watched it. Love and appreciate any info I can get about these fun ass cars
Thank you!
Pretty easy job on the mini. Some cars will have you taking an anger management class. I’m looking at you, nissan😡
Haha! The cabin filter in my wife's 2013 Maxima is...challenging.
You are not wrong. Nissan's cabin filters were designed by someone that has a personal thing against techs. It's infuriating, especially seeing how other brands can make it so easy.
lol. So true.
You get this large filter that you have to smash into a slot half the filters size.🤣😂🤣
Damian H that's why I don't bother changing it. It's not necessary really.
Always nice to save money, especially on service items. I do my oil/filters myself. Also you know for sure you've put the right oil in and the parts have actually been changed. All while saving over £100. That 1 long beard hair though....*snip*
Great video Eric
Thanks.
you're my inspiration , I wish I had the same subscribers like you , I also do mechanic videos like you but you are way more professional , keep it up!
I'm #125 👍 Good luck. It takes time. I've been at it 10 years now.
Random search led to your video, and jusr made my air cabin filter replacement.
Tks
Outstanding job thanks have a great time
Aloha brother! Thank you so much! Started to smell dead animal in my 2014 JCW Clubman. Opened up that filter area and dead mouse. Gross. You saved me a trip to the dealer. Peace.
Very good video keep em coming
This design is very similar to the cabin filters used by Lexus. FYI use two hands and take it slow, carefully slide it through the glide tracks pushing with one hand and pulling with the other and you can keep the filter looking nice! I noticed a lot of Mini enthusiasts just yank the new filter in and don't maintain it's gilled structure. I don't know if it makes a difference but when the filter is all bent it looks really hacky! Also this design is a lot better than the awaked cabin filters in BMW 1 series and 3 series that's are located in the engine bay and have the most fragile tabs that are difficult to align. The Mini's air filter placement is a lot easier to access also!
Thanks Eric, that was easy !!!
Totally easy. Thanks man
Post more mechanical repair video like you used to years ago Eric! Please.
Eric, First let me say thank you for helping me keep my 2005 Town and Country going. I've been Researching the Mini and wanted to know how hard it is to maintain? I'm .a semi DYI'er.
Now that was a fast exchange of a filter nice😋👋💜
I hope you get a CRV at the shop in the future, been wanting one myself, an would be cool to see you tinkering with one.
My Element is built on the same platform as the CRV. Just about all those videos will apply. I've done several. Just search EricTheCarGuy Element.
This video makes it look easy, but I just did this job and you have to stand on your head in the passenger footwell to see what you're doing. Glad that's done. Next job front bakes.
Thanks ET CG
So easy! My dealership wanted $125 to change the filter!
Good job, have a good day.
You too!
I love your videos, thank you for all of the time and effort you put in. I have learned so much from you.
Thank you for the comment!
Hi! Would love to see a hood release cable replacement video. It broke on my mini and I can't seem to find any good videos on how to do that. Thanks for all the great content.
It might not be broken. The cable may have disconnected under the hood. You can access the latches from underneath. Also, check where it attaches to the lever up under the dash. It might have just come loose.
I don’t see how a video takes a week to come out!! Please upload more than once a week!!
I want to do that very thing and I'm working on it. I need to find an editor to help out. Videos like this are an easy edit, but this was by design this week because I recently moved into a new house and needed time to get moved in. But to put things in perspective for you, if it's a 15min video, it most likely was edited down from 4-5 hours of footage.
That filter is huge for such a small car!
Do u have any videos on replacing the r56 antenna?
Hey Eric, when will you upload the video about how you replaced the bent exhaust valves ? .. I have a Citroen DS3 and I think I will have to remove the cylinder head cuz cylinder 1 on my engine is burning oil and I have to do some work on it.
That's a pretty easy filter to replace!
It's actually a little tricky. That stupid 'S' curve makes it somewhat challenging. Not impossible, just tricky.
Still looks easier than replacing the cabin filter in my Chevy truck. Have to remove like four or five 5.5mm screws to get the lower dash off before you can even get to the filter housing.
If this is difficult check out Renault megane 2&3.
BMW Mini. Making your life hard, even just for a damn filter..
I just youtube'd the renault megane cabin filter video, you might as well change the blower fan, heater core and ac condenser while you're at it =)
Thanks Eric. Hope you're doing well. :)
Thank you. I hope you are also well.
Cool!
Man, that is one idiotic-looking configuration.
It's worse than having to take off scuttle panels outside!
Its more like silly 🤣
You're not wrong... When I watched the video I had to pause one minute, scratch my head, and ask myself the question "What the actual fuck?" then again when I actually did the work. Lol
It's to maximize the surface area and minimize the flow resistance in a tight space.
@@petersherman2552 Correct
Wow, get to see how to do something on a car I never care to own or work on.
One of the shortest videos on Eric the car guy lol
I miss the longer repair videos.
It's easy but you still need tools. I did an Audi A1 the other day and it's very similar except you don't need anything to pry. Also my DC5 the glovebox just dropped out the way without and tools then the filter pulls out
A just a question....i saw u do that acura engine swap .was wondering how much a mechanic would typically charge for that same job a decent one thanks
I bought a 2008 Honda 2 years ago (used obviously), an EX-L. Apparently, I was the ONLY one that thought of replacing the cabin air filter in it, as it looked like it had been there a good decade plus already. Nasty, full of leaves and dust/dirt and feathers. I can't remember what Honda's recommendation is, but at $ 10 a filter, I replace it yearly as part of my P.M. rounds.
Wish they were all so simple.
Pretty easy on this Mini. I work on cars every day and i know that this job depending on the vehicle, can involve anger and hands cut by plastic parts which means that you're hands are now bleeding, oh gosh!
Will changing the engine or cabon air filter set of any o2 sensors?
Thanks, makes me 85.00 in savings!
Would that be why my cabin smells like dust when I turn the fan on?
Can you please tell me will this help the gas mileage are this a filter for just the cabin area inside for briefor breathing air I'm trying to figure out which filter is going to help with my engine breathing better because I used to get 50 miles a gallon now I'm getting 35
Good to see him at the only person who mangled the filter trying to shove it back in.
The cabin air filter in my Jetta is about half that size. I'm actually a little jealous.
It's not the size of your filter, it's how you use it.
Unrelated but my starter recently went out in my 99 Chevy Silverado after having a weak turning over. Replaced it and tried cranking battery toast so I replaced it now my truck turns over fires up for a second then goes back to turning over. I’m completely lost but while I’m turning it over the inside of my truck starts smelling different so I went and smelled my alternator and it has the same smell. Could the alternator stop my truck from cranking?
cheers
A lot easier than my Nissan. Have to do that one blindfolded basically
@No yea screw that, I'll stick to the filter behind the dash.
The filter on my JEEP is 4x8 centimeter!!!!!!!!! The MINI filter is huge!!!!!!!
Is this the first normal maintenance/ repair that this mini cooper has actually had?
Maybe.
Besides a carwash, most likely... filter snaking all over the place in the track is odd.
So I wanted to replace my cabin air filter a few weeks ago, took me about a half hour to realize I didn't have one. When did cars start getting cabin air filters?
In my estimation late 90's.
My 2002 Citroen Berlingo pre face lift doesn't have one not fun when you turn on cold air and get a face full of saw dust cause I'd have it parked in or outside my wood workshop
My 2000 civic has the spot to put a cabin air filter but apparently they were only shipped with one installed in europe.
can you make video about how to test car sensors using test light ???
No. You don't test car sensors with a test light. a DVOM maybe, but not a test light. www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-automotive-electrical-problems
Good Morning Eric. Great video and how's the Fairmont holding up these days
Good morning! Haven't really driven it much since I took it to the track. I haven't had the chance to look things over because of my broken garage door. I think the waste gate is stuck open causing it to loose boost.
@@ericthecarguy Well I hope you get everything working and hey at least we have our health
Amen to that.
Wouldn't airflow be the air direction ? In which case this was installed backwards
Pretty easy, it wouldn't have hurt to give that moldy lid a wipe while it was open!
I know the vid is a little old... Just wanted to mention that the air flow intakes from the floor board. You installed the filter backwards.
People wait all week for your Friday video and get this! This should be an add-on to another video.
longer video's please.
Working on one for next week. This one helped cover the gap as I moved into the new house.
looking forward to it. and congrats on the move! \m/
cool, i want a mini Cooper s manual. is it good?
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I wish the Dodge Journey cabin filter was that easy to change
Is that the largest cabin filter in the smallest space?
Right?
Super easy access but man what a weird looking filter
Had our 2016 Nissan Rogue in for a oil change, ask them to change the cabin air filter. I was thinking maybe $20.00 or so. imagine my surprise when I got the bill $164.00. When I got home I checked our local parts store and could have picked one up for $9.99 Next time I will do it myself.
Cost isnt only parts and physical labor but also disgust factor! I would charge $160 to replace some air filter on a 20 year old smokers car that had never been replaced too.
New cabin filters are good at keeping the outside fart smells from getting in but what about my passengers?
Don't use recirculate.
@@ericthecarguy I also have the power window fuse out so they wont go down. 🤣😀🤣
Hi air flow direction should be to up in all systems ami correct
It really depends on the system. Air usually comes in under the windshield wipers.
How in the world can I keep mice from nesting in my air filter? I don't know how they're getting in, but I am getting ready to chance mine again. I keep a mousetrap in the passenger side and moth balls under the engine, keep my engine open with one of those electronic things with the flashing light. Also have a cat.
Eurgh, I wish access was as easy as this on my ford focus, for me it''s a multiple tool job that takes 40 minutes with a lot of cursing.
It's an unusual filter and this video is probably the most concise you can get for this one specific task, which is awesome.
However.... I personally (and possibly many other subscribers) subscribe to these channels for general entertainment, a short video once a week is a bit light, I'm considering un-subscribing so I can rediscover the channel in a few years and have some content to catch up on.
You don't owe me anything, and I'm not trying to be a downer, I just wanted to post this in case you are seeing a loss of subscribers and wondering why. You'll still get my ad revenue, just a bit later than usual. :)
I recently moved into a new house and that has taken up a great deal of my time as of late. I needed this video to fill the gap, otherwise, I wouldn't haves had any video to post today.
That said, expect more short videos from me in the future. It seems they get a lot more views and help with the algorithm. Although the videos may be shorter, I hope to post them more frequently, twice a week if I can swing it. If I can get help with editing, I can start working through the backlog of footage that I have and provide even more content. However, it's not easy to find a good editor I can afford.
Consider that network programming only has a certain number of episodes they produce in a season. I've been producing 2 videos a week for almost 10 years now minus the break I took last year. Not many people realize the time and effort that goes into this work. In fact, for the most part it goes unappreciated. I'm not saying you're being unappreciative, just honest, I'm just trying to give you some insight into what it's really like to produce content like this for a living. Not to mention the additional work involved in social media, my website, my blog, or any brand deals that I do.
Still, it's better than a real job I suppose.
All totally fair, I am really appreciative of the work you put in to these videos, and your comment responses :)
I really do look forward to your videos every Friday, I just had a little "aw another short one!" moment, I'm probably just a product of the binge watch generation.
Still hoping HBO gives you some of that dragon money. ;)
Hope the house move went well.
Mine sticks of sweaty socks - getting swapped now,
That is the silliest cabin air filter design ive ever seen, lol.
That's an odd filter design
Lol mailing it in
And my wife just paid her dealer $90.00 to have this changed. Roadshow BMW Memphis...the best scam artists in the industry.
That statement describes every BMW/Mini dealership in existence...
$130 at my dealership i said hell no
Simples
Me personally, thats seems like a bad designed cabin air filter?
Eric why? Why the mini? Hahaha!☺️
Well, it made for a lot of good video content.
Next week on Eric the Car Guy... a 2002 Toyota Corolla with 200k on the clock and no service history, needs a bit of a wash and probably an oil change, that should last another 100k! :)
Lol Andy, yeah the Yota's do seem to last a while.
If you ever find yourself thinking "Man, I'm bad at my job", just remember that someone was paid to design an air filter that goes in like this and you'll realize that there are people out there far worse at their jobs than you.
The dealership wanted to charge 130.00 to change
Easy compared to mine
That has got to be the most dorkey-ist way to engineer a simple cabin air filter!! WTF.. Why not just a simple rectangle job that you pull out and pop the new one in?? That's how they do it on my wifes Toyota.. Anyway, thanks Eric for showing us all what vehicle to NOT buy... ha, ha!
I could not agree with you more.
Atleast the English made somethink easy to do :)!
The new filter was so stiff 😭
It’s always ‘easy’ when you have to edit the video piece by piece during the install. I bet this is going to suck...
Airflow is going opposite direction!!! Notice all your dirty air is at the bottom when you take the old one out
I asked for a cabin air filter for my 1990 Accord and they were like "I dont show one for your car. Is there one installed in your vehicle?"
Yea, they don't exist.
My ford main dealer wanted £70 to replace my cabin air filter on my 2012 ford C- max. Did it myself for 18 quid. Bargain.
German engineering. Check that pleat separation.
If Mini Cooper is supposed to represent German engineering then Germans can't engineer for s***.
Lol I'm surprised they didnt insert a picture of a filter to trick you into thinking it is there when it's not. Germans cant engineer for shit that's why they have to fake their ratings to pass inspections.
weird filter placement
Easy but still not done very well, not taking care of the new filter being crushed...
easier on a Toyota
That's an odd one, but that's bmw :)
Yep.
lm
A large cabin filter for a not large car!
Probably bigger than engine air filter.