Mahle LX 3495....2015 Accord V6

[dan_erickson]

I decided to replace the engine air filter and cabin on the Accord the other day. It is a 2015 with just shy of 20,000 miles so this was the factory filers being replaced. Honda wanted $60 for both filters, parts store seemed to be at least $40, I bought both on Amazon prime for $31. The Mahle is a US made filter that looked exactly like the Honda one and fit well. The Fram cabin filter said made in China and fit okay.

 

[nicrfe1370]

Wow! That is about as dirty as I've ever seen a filter, and at only 20k miles?! What are the details of your driving environment? Is there anything upstream of this filter, like a PCV inlet, that could explain the color and dirtiness level? This looks like the engine air filter; how did the cabin air filter look?

Thanks for contributing!

 

[Falken]

Looks like PCV vapors left tarry deposits. On my Honda Fit it gets a bit of that as well.

 

[dan_erickson]

Originally Posted By: nicrfe1370
Wow! That is about as dirty as I've ever seen a filter, and at only 20k miles?! What are the details of your driving environment? Is there anything upstream of this filter, like a PCV inlet, that could explain the color and dirtiness level? This looks like the engine air filter; how did the cabin air filter look?

Thanks for contributing!


Cabin filter was not so bad, just an even coat of grey is the best way to describe it. I do not think there is a PCV inlet before the air filter. I am pretty sure it is just the air box resonator and inlet tube. My driving environment is now pretty much all city and once in awhile I head out in to the country or highway.

 

[KGMtech]

Looks as if you were caught behind one of those "rolling coal" diesel truck idiots!