Further to my ramble on another page about dealer servicing, today I replaced both my air filters.

 

Yesterday, my local garage (4 minute walk from home) changed my oil and filter (with oil and filter provided by me) and ticked off all the boxes for a First Service. Even reset the service flag.

 

For fun I timed myself.

 

Engine air filter took me 5 minutes. From exiting garage. Didn’t look very dirty at 9,400 miles.

 

Pollen filter took longer - 9 minutes all in - because I had to return to garage for a big screwdriver to lever the tags back that release the glovebox lid.

 

The side tags seem different from my previous Kodiaq and I couldn’t lever them sideways with my fingers. Awkward access and stronger “spring”. I was ready for the RH cog wheel jumping out of place, so reassembled the RH damper before popping the glovebox lid back into place.

 

Pollen filter was pretty dirty. Must be doing a good job.

 

Haven’t calculated my savings yet 🙂

 

 

 

Can't find it - what ramble?

 

You changed both pollen and air filter at 1yr or 9400 miles?  Whereabout in central Scotland do you live - next door to the Grangemouth cracking refinery? 

 

Or one of those new landfill sites at Polmont or the M74 next to Daldowie? 

Edited 20 March, 20242 yr by kodiaqsportline

The cabin / pollen filter looks quite clean.

 

It’s a charcoal filter which makes it look dirty even though it may not be.

22 hours ago, kodiaqsportline said:

Can't find it - what ramble?

 

You changed both pollen and air filter at 1yr or 9400 miles?  Whereabout in central Scotland do you live - next door to the Grangemouth cracking refinery? 

 

Or one of those new landfill sites at Polmont or the M74 next to Daldowie? 

Yes.

 

Yes.

 

Yes.

 

Edited 21 March, 20242 yr by BoxerBoy

Hi

I did manage to change the cabin one but the engine one is difficult to remove. Any links for instructions please. Thank you 

On 18/05/2024 at 15:08, rezki said:

Hi

I did manage to change the cabin one but the engine one is difficult to remove. Any links for instructions please. Thank you 

I'm surprised you found the engine air filter difficult.

 

What did you find?

 

It only took me a few minutes to remove the 8 (I think) screws holding the cover on.

Then swapping the old filter for new and putting the 8 screws back in.

 

I did cheat using both a normal Torx hand tool plus a power drill with a Torx  bit.

It really was easy.

 

Sorry, no pictures.

 

Hi

I am sorry  I forgot to mention that I have kodiaq 1.4 tsi 2018,  it's completely different , it does not have 8 screws, it has 4 clips, 2 each side. I have just find out, on you tube   

 that it also has 2 screws at the bottom going through the air filter to the top cover. Now, the difficulty is removing the whole box out.

Thanks anyway. The link is for octavia, apparently the same as kodiaq 

Edited 19 May, 20242 yr by rezki