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Pollen filters
« on: May 24, 2012, 05:55:50 pm »
There is a horrible smell, kind of like corn/wheat grasses type smell coming out of the vents and when I put the A/C on its worse then does clear. But no the less, still horrible. So I am going to replace the pollen filter, have the A/C re gassed/cleaned and then buy one of those A/C cleaners to clean out the vents.

Do I buy a OEM VW pollen filter or buy something like my friend recommended me  Puravent upgraded filter - /www.puravent.co.uk/filters/display_filter.php?id=110&part=M2225

Also Aircon cleaning and re-gassing, VW or specialist?

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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 06:02:34 pm »
I'm thinking about the aircon thing at the mo but OEM pollen filter isn't expensive or particularly difficult to swap out.

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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 09:05:08 pm »
If the air con is working I think I would get one of the air con sanitizer spray cans... all you do is take the the pollen filter out run the system on fully cold with the re- circulation button on... set the can off and close the doors (get out first) give it 5 mins job done... then fit a new OEM pollen filter if it was me... Do mine every year after a guy told me that bacteria lurks within the systems  :happy2:

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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 09:07:40 pm »
if your gna get the OEM one you can pickup the vw oem charcoal activated one.... 'odour neutralising' only a few quid more...
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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2012, 05:50:09 pm »
If the air con is working I think I would get one of the air con sanitizer spray cans... all you do is take the the pollen filter out run the system on fully cold with the re- circulation button on... set the can off and close the doors (get out first) give it 5 mins job done... then fit a new OEM pollen filter if it was me... Do mine every year after a guy told me that bacteria lurks within the systems  :happy2:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_224996_langId_-1_categoryId_165632

That's the thing I was thinking of - the air con cleaner.  You all say get the filter from VW rather than the item I posted in the link from puravent. Is there a VW carbon version? whats the part code any one know?
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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2012, 10:48:01 pm »
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Re: Pollen filters
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2012, 10:53:27 pm »
could it be: 1K2819653B ? it doesnt say carbon activated but this one is black/grey where the usual one is white..... ?

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