How To Change Pollen Filter

[White987S]

I need a DIY for dummies to change the pollen filter on a 987.1 Thanks.

[Loren]

Pretty much the same as the 986 and 996 - front passenger side near the battery.

[blundgren77]

I need a DIY for dummies to change the pollen filter on a 987.1 Thanks.

Dirt simple. :) Just remove the battery cover, and then you have to undo one torx screw in the cover next to the battery compartment on passenger side. The torx screw terminates into this little rubber "compression nut" so as you losen the screw, it will eventually just pop out. Once you have that cover off, the filter will be right there. Just reach in and yank it out. On my '01 986, getting the new one took a little effort as it slides back and then drops in about 1/4 inch and the fit in there is somewhat close, but it's not hard.

Just put the panels back, and just snug up the torx screw (again, it's an expanding rubber plug for the nut, so don't tighten too tightly) and the battery cover and it's done. The filter basically just sits in there.

BTW - on my car, I opted for the non-charcoal filter. Mahle has a replacement w/o the carbon thats less than 30 bucks. I figure since the car is a convertible anyway, who needs carbon filtered air in the vents? :)

Hope that helps.

[White987S]

Thanks everyone!

I am going to try this over the weekend. I bought the OEM carbon filter from Sunset. It's a pretty expensive part. About $60. I did see the non-carbon one for 1/2 the price. And I agree with Blundgren77 about being a convertible and all and my top is down +95% of the time. But figured I'd still buy the more expensive one since I was doing the labor.

I'm sure the dealer would charge me over $120 for P&L!

IIRC, the dealership charged me over $130 to replace the engine air filter 2 years ago. That's why I bought my own filter this time around (about $26 from Sunset.). Live & learn.

[Loren]

MSRP on the carbon filter is $74.89

[White987S]

OK, I did this last weekend. It was pretty easy. Mine was a little tricky, since I have a front strut tower brace (Racing Dynamics), and this limited my access a little. But I was still able to do it without having to remove the brace.

One the 987 there is a black plactic bracket in front of the pollen filter. I removed the 2 torx screws from the bracket, pulled out the dirty filter (very dirty- 3.5 years and 33,000 miles) and then placed the new carbon OEM filter in and down to seat it. Put the bracket back in, and replaced the access panels by the battery and passanger side area.

Took me about 45 minutes. I was working v e r y s l o w because I did not want to screw anything up or drop a screw into never-never land! I could do it again in 15 minutes.

I think this saved me over $1,000 from the dealership! :)

[phillipj]

I think this saved me over $1,000 from the dealership! :)

Sweet! Good job. :clapping: I'm going to do mine in my 997 next week..