I'm looking at the owner's manual for the S Type we just got and it says to replace the pollen filter when I get an oil change. I'm assuming this is the cabin air filter? I watched videos on YouTube and it looks easy enough to do myself.
Thanks.

 

Yup, same thing. The easiest one I have ever gotten too on a car. Make sure you go for one of the charcoal ones.

 

+1 Michael.

Heres a DIY thread as well: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...47/#post226969

 

Of the usual handful of local parts stores that I use, Autozone and Pep Boys did not sell a cabin air filter for our S-Type and could not even order one for me. Advance Auto Parts wanted more than $30 for the one they stock. NAPA wanted more than $24 for the one they stock. I found the appropriate Wix cabin air filter yesterday at Carquest Auto Parts for about $16. Their part number is 90111C. It is a perfect fit in our S-Type, and looks exactly like the factory filter....

Just changed it today for the first time since purchasing the car in December 2008. It wasn't as clogged up as I expected, but it definitely needed to be changed....

 

After a couple of days of driving the car with a new cabin air filter in place, the HVAC system is substantially more efficient. The A/C gets colder faster, and the air inside the car smells cleaner. Changing this filter at least every couple of years is definitely beneficial....

 

FWIW, Rock Auto shows a Wix #24757 also fitting a Thunderbird 02-04 and Lincoln LS 03-06 for 16.19

Also a Denso 4542012 that is also a charcoal filter for 19.46 Supposed to help absorb odors.

Next time I'm doing an order I think I'll try the Denso.

 

I just ordered the ATP charcoal version (RA76) from Rock Auto for $15.40. Letcha know how it looks when it gets here.

 

please do. i need to change mine soon. hasnt been done in almost 2.5 years now.

 

I just picked one up from Napa for $23 something. Auto Zone wanted $28 and it was a next-day item.

 

For my other cars I've found the best prices on cabin and engine air filters on Amazon. Free shipping if you spend over $25 too.

 

Installed the filter last night. I don't think I can recommend the ATP filter for this car. It fits ok, but the side seals - the plastic strips with a rubber strip on them are kind of flimsy, a little smaller, and they are not glued to the side of the filter like the OEM Ford filter.

When I was shoving the new filter in there, the one side seal popped off and I had to fish it out of the firewall. PITA. Also the ATP has no markings to indicate which way air is supposed to flow. I matched up the old filter to figure it out.

At the same time I installed a new ATP in the Saab - no problems with that one.

Both ATP filters did actually come with instructions for the particular model of car the filter is for, with pictures (!). That was unexpected, a nice touch.

So in summary, the filter is pretty cheap for a carbon filter, and if you are willing to screw with it a little I guess it is a good buy. But I think I'll go back to Bosch.

PS: I hate those clips with the center push pin on the plastic cowl cover.

 

Thanks for the review Chris


How many did you drop onto the bellypan?

 

Chris,

In spring 2010, I replaced those eight plastic push-pin cowl clips with a homemade system using Phillips-head metal screws that screw down into some larger black plastic round fasteners that I found on the interior hardware rack at Pep Boys. The Pep Boys fasteners came with plastic screws, but I tossed them out and replaced them with larger metal screws for more durability and bite. My system has worked well and while it takes longer to remove eight Phillips-head screws and their associated fasteners than it does to remove eight push-pin clips, it's worth it to me. Total cost for the Pep Boys fasteners and Phillips-head metal screws was maybe $8....

 

I managed to keep all of them - I pushed them up from the bottom hole under the firewall using a stubby screwdriver. I did break the tabs on one of them putting it back in so I jerry-rigged a solution using a drywall toggle bolt for now.

I think I will take Jon's advice and modify the fastening system. I end up doing that on all the cars eventually. I don't think there is a stock plastic fastener left on the Rangie.

I have some black "fir trees" shaped interior fasteners that might also work in a pinch.

 

hah, only 1 for me! As for the filter though, mine didn't have any clips holding it in. It just slid right out.

 

2002 S-Type 4.0 L.
I have a series of invoices from the previous owner.
One invoice shows Cabin Air Filter Part @ $49.22, Labour to install $69.98.
That appears outrageous!

 

Wow - 10 year old thread!

 

Hi JagV8. Yes, I was going over the receipts from theprevious owner and saw an invoice that referred to a Pollen Filter, and a Cabin Filter.
I was trying to determine if there were two different filters.
In looking at the original post, I took another look at the invoice. The technician described the Labour as a Cabin Pollen Air Filter and the Part as a Cabin Air Filter.

Thanks for the response about the Stumbling.

 

It was good 10 years ago, I was 10 years younger!

Feel sorry for your previous owner paying these sort of prices just for this type of filter..
I'm sure that's still going on and not just at Jaguar..