| vetdude |
| Can't see paying the "Honda tax" on these things. Anyone have any experience with a particular brand vs others? FRAM makes a charcoal impregnated element to help reduce allergins and odors. Wondering if it was worth the extra $$$$ vs Purolator makes a standard filter for about $20. Thanks in advance. |
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| jhue |
I bought mine from Tim with an engine air filter and the price seemed reasonable. Have you checked his price?
Activated charcoal helps absorb vapors - it doesn't do anything for allergens. You need sub-micron particle filtering for that. Bosch makes a cabin air filter too, though not with activated charcoal (they do for other vehicles). I bought one of the Bosch cabin air filters (also w/o charcoal) for my Prius and it was something like $28 at AutoZone for what looked like an 8"x8" square of pleated material out of a 3M home A/C filter. |
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| vetdude |
| Ended up getting an OEM (Honda) paper filter off eBaymotors.com from a Honda dealer in AZ for $24, shipped. Not bad. Thanks all for the input. |
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| pianoman41 |
| Bosch does make them with the activated charcoal for the MDX. I got my for ~$30 at AutoZone as well. |
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| jhue |
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Originally posted by pianoman41
Bosch does make them with the activated charcoal for the MDX. I got my for ~$30 at AutoZone as well.
What's the part number? It's not showing up in their online catalog - I only see the non-charcoal one. |
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| JimH |
| bosch p3890 possibly? |
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| jhue |
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Originally posted by JimH
bosch p3890 possibly?
No, the fact that the part number starts with a "P" means that it is only a particulate filter, and does not have activated charcoal. The charcoal filters' part numbers start with a "C". For instance, for a 2006 Audi A6, you can get a C3601 for $37 or a P3601 for $29. There is no "C3890", which is what the part number would be if there was an activated charcoal cabin air filter for the MDX from Bosch. |
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| vetdude |
Well, thanks to the instructions provided members of this Forum, I replaced the cabin filter yesterday. Hardest (most frustrating) part was reinstalling the glove box - getting the bottom two retaining bolts lined up and back in place by feel alone was a royal PITA. Other than that, very straight forward. Total cost: $24 and an hour of my time.
Note: the filter removed was almost totally clogged with crud, including small leaves, dirt and other debris...after only about 35k miles. |
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