Dude....I had a filter in there?!?

Wow. After 9 years and 51k miles with my tundra I found out I had a cabin air filter.....this is what it looks like.

 

9 years of beer farts trapped in there. It's like a time capsule for your rectum.

 

Wow..
Maybe I should check mine.
It’s been a year or so

 

Amazing they collect and imagine that stuff is getting in your lungs.

 

easy to change too. yeah for your lungs !

 

Wow......just wow......

 

Now see how much better your AC blows.

 

Whoa man, that's kind of personal.

 

Spent 30 min vacuuming it. See the owners manual says to use air compressor to blow it out. I have a few holes in it so I’m going to order a new one today.

 

The fact that you actually spent 30 minutes trying to salvage that dirt sponge made me laugh at my desk. Throw that thing in the trash man.

 

They're $5.49 with free shipping on ebay, come on now...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Air-Cabin-...uar-Land-Rover/312736977353?fits=Model:Tundra

 

Your AC/heat is gonna feel like it has a supercharger feeding it now!

 

Yikes!

I will have to look on my firewall to see where the inlet is for the cabin. I cannot believe that leaves are able to get in there. If easy enough, I may try to fab a screen cover for the inlet point.

 

Check your rectum?
Lol

 

I just could not put it back in like that

yeah I could not put it back in like that. I will have to drive it a few days till the new filter arrives. Just could not put it back in looking like that. Lol

 

It's amazing what you can learn about your vehicle if you RTFM.

 

Well you never went to the dealer because they would have been trying to sell you one first time.

 

Actually I have had every oil change since new preformed at my toyota dealership. And they never once told me I needed a cabin filter! Yeah kind of a letdown.

 

Confucius say: "Man who live in glass house must change in basement" or something like that !

 

Wow. My dealer comes to me every time with the air filter and cabin filter and explain why it is absolutely essential that I replace it immediately for the low price of $49.99 or else I die on my way home from the fecal matter trapped in the cabin filter.......

 

I’ve found they’ll sell you stuff you don’t need and not do stuff you really need so don’t feel bad. 1st Gens don't have cabin filters. My A/C coils looked like your filter after 17 years.

Good job cleaning it up and ordering new.

 

I don't know what is the biggest WOW factor for me - the filter or the fact that you have 51k miles on a 9-year old truck. I do almost that in one year.

 

What's shocking to me is he DID go to the dealer and they didn't try to sell him one.

 

Some of the techs aren't that smart though. My dealer tried to tell me that the 4.6 models don't come with an alarm system.

 

Haha, so true!!!! Every time they want to change it for $69. Sit in the waiting room and some young service advisor will come out and tell almost every single customer that the mechanic said it was really dirty and needs to be changed. You can tell what the flavor of the month is! $8 filter and takes about 4 minutes to change.

Toyota dealers are not as bad as others though.....

 

Kill it with fire!!

 

I bought a 2008 Rav4 two years ago that had 134,000 miles on it. Pulled the cabin air filter and it looked just like the OP's. It was the Mama Toyota factory filter. UnF'Nbelievable.