Changing Air and Pollen filter. A pictorical (56K beware) - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Adam · 05-08-2005, 05:01 PM

excellent. Thankyou.

Perfectlap · 05-08-2005, 07:02 PM

wow the dealer wanted 300-400 for this?

I went in for the oil change $200 and told them to swap the air and pollen filters.
They said that'll be $600 and we need the car ALL DAY.

Adam · 05-08-2005, 08:03 PM

LOL...I believe it. Your basically paying 600 dollars for something anybody can do with 1-2 hours to spare..oh yeah and you get a little stamp in your Porsche service manual. That's one expensive stamp.

Lux · 05-08-2005, 08:39 PM

Yeah, it's a 3 minute job. Take off the battery cover, unscrew one torx bolt and remove the second cover that hides the pollen filter.

One thing you want to be careful about when removing the 2nd cover:
It slides out. Pull it towards the front of the car (don't try to pry it upwards or anythiing). When you see the snaps you'll know what I mean.

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Brucelee · 05-09-2005, 07:09 AM

It IS easy to rip the filter so the tip above is very useful.

Thanks!

Perfectlap · 05-09-2005, 12:15 PM

ok so where's the best place to get these filter CHEAP(in the P-car sense of the word).

I'm planning on buying them and going to my nearby Mobil 1 and talking them through it, as I watch. I need the stupid ASE certified receipt for my extended warranty.

Brucelee · 05-09-2005, 01:16 PM

I have not found a cheap pollen filter--$32 is the cheapest I found at Kragen.

The air filter I am still searching the parts stores. The list is $36 I beleve.