Pollen Filter replacement

When you buy a used car or mpv, there are several things that needs to be fix. Depending on the previous owner, the amount of work needed to be done is inversely proportional to his/her passion. Here I've got a used MPV Peugeot 807 with 80K km on the clock. Everything else works but there are minor work to do to make it close to perfect. This is the first of the series of things that I have done.

In the coming days, I will try and add more helpful simple tips on my Peugeot 807.

This is the Pollen Filter ( Filter located at the engine bay to allow dust free external fresh air into the cabin ) will filter out all dust and small particles from entering into the cabin. All Peugeots I have owned 405/406/807 has this filter.

You can see the Pollen Filter housing once you open the bonnet. It is located just below where the rain wiper sits.

There are 2 mouting screws ( half turn and 1 on each side). Turn anti-clockwise to release the front end of the housing. There are also 2 quick release securing clips at the front end ( 2 clips on each side ). You will have to slide your hand and you can feel it. Just lift the clip and it will be unsecure. The next picture will show how the quick release clip looks like.

As you can see, the Pollen filter is already disintegrating. It has done it's fair share of service and is now "dead".!!

You can also see the quick release clips.

This is the underneath of the housing. There is a drain hose that is connected to it. When you pull the housing out, please also remove this hose first.It's just a simple twist and turn at the hose end to unsecure it. The challenging part is when you are installing it back the housing. You will have to twist and turn to secure it back. I wish you all the best. As a tip, put some water at the hose end to make it slippery and slide the hose back into this hole.

The new Pollen Filter is ready to go to work. Installation of the housing is pretty straight forward. Slide the housing into the bay, Twist and slide the hose ( wet the hose ends to make it slippery ) into the hole ( underneath). Secure the 2 screws ( clockwise half turn ) and then the quick secure clips.

Hope you guys have a good day ...