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Changing the Engine Air Filter

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by hill, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. hill

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    I took a picture of the engine air filter when I had it disassembled. You can see the difference of one with 15K miles on it, versus white & brite. It raised a question. The other half seems to be in an unremovable container. Dirty, but unremoveable. Is it washable? Can I get it out, or does the whole container / lid / thingie have to be thrown out in order to have a new one?


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    Thanks in advance to whomever is in the know.
     

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    Carbon filter, doesn't need to be cleaned or replaced.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 10 2007, 10:54 PM) [snapback]523980[/snapback]</div>
    Ah ! so there IS such a thing as a perpetual motion machine :p
    Ok, Thanks! That's good enough for me.
     
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    The carbon charcoal thing in the aircleaner housing is for evaporative emissions control. Realistically I would guess every 5 years for a replacement schedule. No mention of it in the maintenance menu. My FJ Cruiser also has one of those black filters in the housing
     
    #4 jayman, Oct 11, 2007
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