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[SP_3.2]

Not how to  this one even i can do .
But how offten. I did mine about 12 months ago. having looked at it a few months back looks ok, but is it just best to change it every 12 months  to be on the safe side.

Would give me somthing to do at  lunch. It,s MOT time on Thursday.
Thanks
Steve    

[Kevin Wood]

Even with relatively heavy mileage 12 months will be fine, IMHO. It's a very large filter so takes a while to get significantly dirty.

Kevin

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Service schedules is something along the lines of every 20k miles, something like that?

As usual it's a case of does it look due for a change. Depends how near to a coalyard you live, really. 

[SP_3.2]

Cool, Thanks All.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

No worries!



PS Had to type this, as my post count was 407, and I couldnt possible have a Peugeot as my post count, shudder!!   

[PhilRich]

I remove mine at the 10month stage & vacuum out the crud in the bottom of the filter box, then I remove the hot glue seals to open up the 'accordion' & clean it out with a clean paintbrush & replace, but then i'm a Northerner half way between Yorkshire & Scotland, so it's in my genes to be tight careful where any expense is concerned!

[smithpa7]

Haynes manual recommends every 2 years

[Kneepad]

I remove mine at the 10month stage & vacuum out the crud in the bottom of the filter box, then I remove the hot glue seals to open up the 'accordion' & clean it out with a clean paintbrush & replace, but then i'm a Northerner half way between Yorkshire & Scotland, so it's in my genes to be tight careful where any expense is concerned!

A few words spring to  mind:

tight,  duck,  4r$3         

[Abiton]

I remove mine at the 10month stage & vacuum out the crud in the bottom of the filter box, then I remove the hot glue seals to open up the 'accordion' & clean it out with a clean paintbrush & replace, but then i'm a Northerner half way between Yorkshire & Scotland, so it's in my genes to be tight careful where any expense is concerned!

If you're going to go to this much trouble, you may as well apply the vacuum cleaner to the dirty side of the flattened filter while you're at it, no? As long as it doesn't suck so hard that it tears the thing.   

[markh1]

Replaced mine last night. Bought a genuine VX one after advice on here.

The picture below shows the old one (the previous owner obviously did not fit a VX one) and the new one. Like someone on here said, the VX ones have twice the surface area of the non standard.

[Omega_Dan]

the one one is in a right state! will breathe much better now and should last longer.

[mathewst]

There was a lot of talk about VX filter having bigger surface, I replaced mine couple of months ago. Bought MAN filter and can't see th original VX having any chance of being bigger since this one barely fits and has large surface!?