Replacing engine air filter

is it different than gen 3? big black box under the hood with four retaining clips, pop them off, take out the old filter and drop in a new one.
if you can't find it, it should be in the drawings near the beginning of the o/m.

 

It's the same.

 

Anyone who can't figure it out without the manual, would be better off taking it to the dealers, it's not rocket science is it.

 

I hope it's in the owners manual, and Toyota didn't do what Honda did. My 2013 CRV manuals have many of the simple maintenance items deleted. They added "take it to your dealer".

 

Here is the only thing I found in the owner's manual.


No information on how to remove or change, though.

 

one page saved.

 

Owner's Manuals aren't what they used to be, sad. It'll be the big black thing in centre of pic:



And the flagged clip is likely one of two that need releasing. Once those are off, if you lift on that end, and try shifting, there's like a pair of tangs at the other end that can be shifted to allow them to come loose. Then lift the whole thing, it'll likely resist due to all the hoses, and reach in, lift and slip out the filter. Note orientation, but there's probably only one way it'll go.

The dirty side (air intake) looks to be the underside. Even though the schedule says replace, I would just inspect, and if it looks only marginally dirty, just put it back in for another 10K or so. If it is pretty grubby, put it back in and then order the replacement.

FWIW, we're at around 65K km's on our original filter, it looks practically new still.

Here's what an old-school Owner's Manual used to cover, and under 100 pages:

'58 Volkwagen Beetle Owner's Manual | PriusChat

Yeah I've been noticing that. Our 06 Civic Hybrid still had an oil change description, for example. More recent manuals are deleting more and more.

 

Not really. They have a diagram of the engine compartment and decided not to label the air filter.

 

I found it easier to manoeuvre the airbox lid by loosening the big hose clip on the Gen 3.

 

Shame on Toyota and Honda for doing this. If changing the air filter is not in those manuals, hundreds, of pages, what's in there?

 

i checked my wife's hycam yesterday. at 36,000 miles it was pretty clean, with just some loose stuff between the ribs. i tapped it out and put it back in.

 

It's all the clean air you guys in Boston have.

 

must be the breeze from the east northeast...

 

is that guy looking for the air filter?

 

No. The 12V battery on Gen 4.

 

No he's trying to tuck in his pull down strap he made for the hatch (see the Hatch too high post).

 

No! It's coast cruise trying to get back in.

 

i tried that once, they caught me, and i banged my head. it's not worth it.