With approx. 11K on the X, I think it is too early for me to change it. :2:jford62 said:It was dirty enough to change. Not as dirty as the air filter, but pretty dirty.
Hasn't anyone else changed this themselves yet?
IT'S OUTTA HERE!!!!!Gregc said:I just changed the filter in my MDX, I have a little over 30 k on my 2001 Biege Base model. I replaced the Air fliter for the engine and the Climate system. I took a picture of the Micron air filter and mine was very dirty, actually about the same as the Engine Air filter. Here is a picture of the new one side by side with the old filter. Judge for yourself if it was a good time to change it!!
Greg in Atlanta
Thanks for providing this picture Greg.Gregc said:Here is a picture of the new one side by side with the old filter. Judge for yourself if it was a good time to change it!!
Greg in Atlanta
jford62 said:Did you have to take the kick plate off to get to that screw?
We have done no offroading and only drive on dirt roads when we visit some relatives in South Georgia that live on a farm. I think we have been down there 3 times. The occasional dirt road to the horse barn where my Daughter takes horseback riding, but other than that my wife just drives it around town. We got the MDX in April of 2001 and is has 30,325 miles.BaldEagle said:Thanks for providing this picture Greg.
Looks like it should have been changed earlier. Think I'll change mine at 20,000 miles.
Have you done much off roading or do you drive a lot on dirt roads?
Everything in the Manual is correct. The hardest part was cutting the plastic cross brace, the Service Manual states to cut it using Diagonal cutters. This works but you need a big pair of Diagonal cutters, or you could use a Dremel tool or a air powered cut off tool. The whole process was about 30 minutes start to finish. The manual is a great thing to have, especially when you finish and the wife asks, "what is that plastic thing " and "why do you have parts left over?!" Show her the manual and point to the line that says to discard it. As usual the best place to get the filter is Tim at www.hondacuraworld.comvcolangelo said:Gregc,
Sounds like an easy installation. Once you removed the front door sill trim and the cover off of the right kick panel, guess you still had to remove the glove box door, cut the plastic brace and remove the glove box frame like it says in the 2003 Service Manual? How long did the whole process take? Where did you buy the filter and how much did it cost?
Sorry about all of the questions, but it sounds like a job that around 60,000 of us are going to have to do sooner, or later.
Thanks,
vcolangelo
Wow... that's dirty. Did you go offroad with your MDX?Gregc said:I just changed the filter in my MDX, I have a little over 30 k on my 2001 Biege Base model. I replaced the Air fliter for the engine and the Climate system. I took a picture of the Micron air filter and mine was very dirty, actually about the same as the Engine Air filter. Here is a picture of the new one side by side with the old filter. Judge for yourself if it was a good time to change it!!
Greg in Atlanta
IF you trust Acura to put the brace in there for a reason then why not trust them when they say to remove it for the filter change?vcolangelo said:gregc,
Thanks again.
Feel a bit queazy about cutting something away that Acura put there for a reason. Do you think the cross brace was doing anything? Any rattles, squeaks, etc. now that it's gone? From your experience, do you think the brace can be removed and reinstalled, or can the filter be changed by squeezing it around the brace?
Let us know.
vcolangelo