"Carbon Activated" Cabin Air Filter

[ryankokesh]

Anyone try these? Wondering if they really make a difference, or not so much...

Link: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Mann-Filter-CUK-6724-Filter-Activated/dp/B000CB6D0S/ref=au_pf_ss_1?ie=UTF8&Model=325xi%7C176&n=15684181&s=automotive&Make=BMW%7C31&Year=2003%7C2003&carId=002)

(not sure how to link to the affiliate amazon page... feel free to fix this if that's possible!)

[danewilson77]

I thought they were all "Carbon Activated"

[mikeyb74]

They are Dane.

[danewilson77]

They are Dane.

OK.....so.....?

Yes......I like them. I use them every 15k miles or so....

Mann is the way to go....Though I doid just put a Wixx in mine....

[Ryans323i]

That's what I use. The first time I changed my filter (1st month I had the car back in 2004) I put a in charcoal filter. It made a huge difference, but you should have seen the filter that came out, fwewww, it might have been original.

[zj96sc]

negative, there is a plain paper filter and an activated carbon filter. P/N 590 is plain, P/N 591 is carbon.

I run carbon. Pretty sure carbon is OEM.

[mikeyb74]

^ I've seen both but no one seems to carry the non carbon filter.

[danewilson77]

negative, there is a plain paper filter and an activated carbon filter. P/N 590 is plain, P/N 591 is carbon.

I run carbon. Pretty sure carbon is OEM.

Perfect. Big price diff?

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[mikeyb74]

Looks like BMW has superceded the non carbon and carbon filter to one part number from what I can tell. 64 31 9 071 935.

[zj96sc]

pelican parts stocks 3 different brands (corteco-micronair, mann, airmatic) of plain paper filter.

Price wise they are roughly equivalent...within a few bucks...to the activated carbon by brand, but the genuine bmw carbon is about 40% more.

see pelican:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/catalog/shopcart/BE46/POR_BE46_BASflt_pg4.htm#item21

[Washburn]

Just to update with info I found and some part numbers for the 2 types and their part #s from different makers.
OEM is Corteco-Micronair.

11406

[BavarianZHP]

There are definitely two kinds. The activated charcoal in theory is the better filter. It'll appear darkish/grey in color rather than white.

[terraphantm]

http://www.amazon.com/MAHLE-Original-LAK-102-Filter/dp/B0068MW93K/ref=au_pf_ss_2?ie=UTF8&Make=BMW|31&Model=M3|210&Year=2005|2005&carId=001&n=15684181&s=automotive

This one is my favorite so far. Metal construction and a proper seal against the filter housing. Smell is noticeably improved compared to the Mann carbon filter I was running before

[kayger12]

http://www.amazon.com/MAHLE-Original-LAK-102-Filter/dp/B0068MW93K/ref=au_pf_ss_2?ie=UTF8&Make=BMW|31&Model=M3|210&Year=2005|2005&carId=001&n=15684181&s=automotive

This one is my favorite so far. Metal construction and a proper seal against the filter housing. Smell is noticeably improved compared to the Mann carbon filter I was running before

Looks like a good option and I'm due soon. Gonna go with this one. Thanks for the info.

[Washburn]

So I finally changed the CAF on Gretchen with an OEM MicronAir (Corteco) Charcoal infused version ($28)
...By the looks of it, the car still had the factory one, and it was pretty dirty, but IDK if it was very nasty, like I expected it to be.
Anyway, compared to the Elantra this was so easy to do, I was done in like 2 minutes.
Somehow I had the feeling the new one fit in mmore solidly and snug, compared to the factory one...

Some pics and comparisons:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/IMG_2104.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/nishang/media/IMG_2104.jpg.html)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/IMG_2105.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/nishang/media/IMG_2105.jpg.html)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/IMG_2107.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/nishang/media/IMG_2107.jpg.html)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/IMG_2106.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/nishang/media/IMG_2106.jpg.html)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/IMG_2108.jpg (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/nishang/media/IMG_2108.jpg.html)

[ryankokesh]

I don't think the carbon one actively detects anything, right? It's just that carbon has odor neutralizing properties. :dunno

[Washburn]

Probably bogus then - I am sure I don't know much - I read it somewhere, don't remember where now.