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- In this video I change the engine air filter on a 2006 Chevy HHR. If you like... comment, or subscribe to be notified of my next video. Thanks for Watching!...Link to TOOLS and PARTS I USE...
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Sure was a lot simpler in the old days. One wing nut, lift the lid and remove the filter... Thanks for the instructions
Yes it was! Then you drop the small nut (that you replaced the lost wing nut with) down the carb throat. I never did that though.lol
Thanks! Saved me $35. I managed to get er done in 5 minutes
Thanks for the great video! Actually, you don't need to remove the small hose (with the spring clamp) just remove the intake bellows in the back, the lower clamp of the outlet bellows in the front, remove the sensor connector, then you can flip the entire assembly over and access the screws, replace the filter, etc. Yes the design seems overly complicated!
Anyone here had to replace a headlamp on the HHR? That's pure joy...
That's what I do. Unless I want to clean the throttle body while I'm in there mucking around...
You sir are a hero, this is the biggest pain in the ass car I've ever owned.
Yeah, but it grows on you. I sold my first one and got another cause I just missed the aggravation that it gives me. LOL. Seriously, I think there are many vehicles out there that can be bothersome to their owners, as Scotty points out from time to time. The HHR is right up there near the top of the list. It's looks, ride, and capabilities of cargo space make me overlook its PITA issue times.
The engineer that designed that needs his ass kicked!!!! Thanks for the video!
Still don't understand why they made this such a ridiculous process. They could have easily made the filter removable right through the top of the engine cover.
That would have been too easy.
Nice video. Nice tip about the hose sticking on the pvc valve.
This guy did this the hard way
Thanks Steve I learned a lot. I was primarily headed to the throttle box to clean it and was told to change the air filter too.
Thanks, Steve. This Sun City AZ HHR owner appreciates your AZ help!
Thanks for the comment Jim! Boy AZ is getting some heat this year---makes working outside a bit difficult.
T26 for the screws. Unclamp the front hose at the top and twist it 1/8th turn CCW to pull it off. No need to remove the PCV hose (the HHR doesn't actually have a PCV valve, it has an Exhaust Recirculation System with an orifice pressed into the head, which can be clean easily). I suggest, since you have the air box off, just go ahead do a quick cleaning on the Throttle Body. :)
thanks Steve from Arizona,
This video helped me through. Step by step.
Happy to have helped!
good job , thank you for showing
Thank you!
Love the show!
Thanks! A bit late but I finally found your comment.
Thanks a bunch
Disconnect the hose and mass airflow censor first.
Thanks for the demonstration.
Most Welcome!
thanks Steve
I had a 1965 Pontiac with the 283 V8. For the air filter, you unscrewed a wing nut with your finger and thumb. Pulled the top off (a metal lid that sat on top of the housing), tossed the dirty air filter in the garbage. Put a new filter in and put the lid back over the bolt and screwed the wing nut back down. They sure have made things more difficult in the newer cars.
Peter Flynn It doesn't help that in all honesty, the HHR makes things more difficult that they need to be.
I have one and recently my battery had problems. First dumb problem is the tiny battery I have to use. My battery is 12V and is the size a go kart battery. Second problem is that the battery is located next to the spare tire underneath the hatchback storage. So when something wrong I had to unload everything I had back there to get to it. And when it died with the key stuck in the ignition and unable to unlock the hatch, that meant I had to also work around accessing it from the back sets by putting them down too.
Now, to be fair, I am able to jump someone else's car by hooking up the cables to the fuse box terminals under the hood, but if I need to jumped it only works hooked up to the battery itself. And when being jumped from the fuse box terminals, all it did was fry the power steering fuse.
I haven't had to jump my HHR yet but thanks for the heads up. I thought technology was supposed to make life easier.
I still own a couple of those easy to change air filter and oil filter cars.
Thanks for the Video
Very Welcome!
I said screw that I took the air filter out of my box removed the tube that ran from the box to the firewall ran a new tube bought from Home Depot smooth forward to where the hole was where the original hole was made for air intake and added the secondary hose that sucks air into the cold air intake filter into the center Target's plenty of cool air under hard acceleration still warms up quickly much easier to clean or change filter! Definitely helped with acceleration I used a little RTV all the way around the airbox and I do mean a little just enough to seal it bolted it back together and the results were astounding to say the least! The original air filter was way to restricted the new air intake filter in its place sounds good stays really clean and with three pieces of sheet metal I managed to pretty much enclose the whole thing. It was either that or spend $329 on their cold air filter tube for everything from the Chevy Cobalt to the HHR I think the cheapest one was like 239$ since then I have a friend with basically the same HHR that can't hang at all with the 329$ kit! You could say he was a little mad but I got much better results deleting the air filter in the Box and adding a cold air filter on the intake tube to the Box and let me stress I did not use the original tube a trip to Home Depot for some 3 inch thick wall tubing was well worth it! Is simple rubber 90° with the band ties that simply screw tight from the plumbing aisle at the same Home Depot worked fine! I was very surprised to find out I had better acceleration then the kit made for it and the air intake sounded better when running through RPM range!
Lot of work just to get to the filter great job GM
+john1240able Yep! I have had easier. Thanks for the comment!
it help me
Firewall hose always just falls apart on the 2008 so try to move as little as possible
this video help me
Happy to have helped. Thanks for the comment!
What horrible engineering... for an air filter change??? Are you kidding me??? This is why chevy is failing.... great vid!
My 2011 hhr is not completely accelerating, has anyone ever experienced this issue. Please advise
thanks for taking the time to make this video. They make it complicated to change. takes 30 secs in over cars with on screw driver..but it is just another reason to hate this car. it's the worst car I have ever owned!
Hi Curt, I'm sure there are lots of people that would agree with you. I like the ride and handling of it. In some ways it is a love, hate relationship. Thanks for the comment!
I'm getting a humming noise coming from that area when I accelerate it hums & sounds like it's grinding almost would a new air filter stop that?
Don't know, may be the water pump. Air filters are inexpensive to replace, however I would check to make sure the housing is secure to the engine. It ispressed down over some rubber grommets...two in the back and one in the front.
@@SteveAZ711 ok will do I had it fixed at a mechanic shop under warranty for the rack and pinion & when I got the car back hasn't been running right since
Brother, I like my HHR, but it not a user friendly car to work on - even the simplest things aren't - changing a headlamp is also a pain - I've had two mechanics, and a guy at the quickly lube comment on how difficult they are to work on - the oil pan on mine leaks, and it is a major hassle to access and replace the gasket - oh, it doesn't have a gasket - gotta run a bead of sealant to seal it up - Thanks for sharing this video - I'm headed out the door to replace the air filter - thanks again!
Dan I feel your pain, and I know that someday I will trade mine for something else hopeing that I will find a vehicle that is more user friendly. However, it is the nature of the auto makers to make a car that the average person is incapable of working on without having to invest in expensive equipment or special tools. In the meantime we have TH-cam videos to help us along our repair journeys. Thanks for the comment!
Well. I got it changed pretty quickly - and it was dirty! I could literally feel better performance driving it a few minutes later. I wouldn't have known how easy it was to pull of the housing without the video - thanks again sir
Two thumbs up Dan!
I don't like working on my HHR.
Engine bay is too constricted/cramped.
And some parts that need to be changed out are a bit overly complicated to save on that limited space.
Like this vs just popping off some tabs on a box.
I feel your pain. Some of the older vehicles had issues that would make you want to pull your hair out as well.
probably one of the most difficult designs for an air replacement but once you know how to do it then you can do it in 10 minutes.
i also striped one of the air filter housing screws.
I would have to agree. It seems the manufactures want to hide the engine with an air cleaner slash cover assembly. Anything to make a routine task more difficult.
steve would this help if im having a rough idle only when stopped at lights on my 06 hhr
Kat w, It is possible that a dirty (very) air cleaner will starve the engine for air and at an idle it may cause the engine to stop all together(stall). It will also show up in fuel mileage lost. However, I would look to see if all the vacuum hoses are connected and not flopping loose somewhere first. Then have a code check done. It is possible that the MAF/IAC mass air flow/intake air temperature sensor may be bad. It is located on the air cleaner housing just in front of that large round hose hose that goes to the throttle body and to the air cleaner. Also check that it (maf/iac) is plugged in good to its connector. Hope this helps...SteveAZ711
I just changed mine and i noticed it is idling a little high after i put in new one...odd
Kat it may well help. The engine air cleaner is not very expensive. Also, if you do not know when it was changed the last time then you should at least inspect it. If by changing it does not solve your problem then do a code check to further diagnose the issue. You can also do a code check before changing the air cleaner. Hope this helps some.
Check to see if any small hoses are not re-attached to where they should go.
thank you very much for your feed back..although i do not have a check engine light on yet am i able to still check the codes.
Man all that trouble to just change its filter. OMG! Im buying one of these a 2007 for 900 bucks that the 1st owner was a older man that ran it low on oil and ruined the engine. The new buyer was his friend that bought it for parts to his wife’s 2011 HHR. He never had to use it for parts and its in great condition and just has the engine problems. He decided to sale it as is and Im currently paying 300 a month till its paid off and go get it. He says it still cranks and runs and just knocks real bad. So maybe it just needs a engine rebuild not a whole new engine. Either way it won’t be that expensive for another engine if it has to be changed. Maybe won’t cost me more than 3k tops if the engine needs replacing and labor. I’ve been studying up on this car on youtube and finding out all the trouble working on it is. The battery in the trunk and kinda hard to get to in a timely fashion and now where the air filter is Im like. Damn it why did they make these design flaws like this lol. What a pain in the ass it looks like. I like the standard way of our battery’s and air filters being so easy to get to in most cars where its easy to change them and not have to be a car mechanic to do it. All that looks confusing at times and so much trouble for something that should be made simple to do yourself. All they had to do for the air filter is make a opening on top with latches to unlatch and pull it out from the top and not put it under the damn thing where it looks like your doing a engine rebuild just to change a damn air filter lol. Now my excitement for this car is turning into a future pain to service myself.
They are good engines when they are given proper maintenance. I was always told to get a good body as those repairs were more expensive than mechanical repairs. It sounds like you may have a good one.
I've got a 2009 HHR that I use for a daily commuter. It has over 210,000 miles on it and still runs like a top. I'm not big on 3,000 mile oil changes and this old girl gets her juice changed around every 8,000 to 9,000 miles (sometimes more). Doesn't use oil and gets me reliably to work and back and any other commutes that I use it for. Have had to change one battery to date, a couple front wheel hubs, and couple sets of brake pads. Normal stuff.
I've had my 2007 since new. I still love it and only thing that has been a problem is front brakes more than anything.
Dumbest idea Chevy has had. They couldn't design an easier way to change a filter? If you take it somewhere to have it changed (Chevy or not), the "mechanic" will get annoyed with the installation & break something. This happened to me twice because the 3rd brake light cover was a pain in the ass the reinstall. The fat pig broke the cover, then wanted to charge me for a replacement. Wrong! The owner had to swallow the cost.
In time I am sure they will invent some more complications to what should be a simple task.
Does the HHR come with a timing belt or a timing chain?
Hello,I was having trouble getting a reply to your comment. My HHR 2.4l has a timing chain. I believe the other HHRs with the EcoTech engines have timing chains as well. Here is a link for some more information on timing chains. www.chevyhhr.net/forums/ss-specific-service-issues-repairs-61/timing-chain-39725/
Thanks for the comment...Sorry for the delay.
will this work with a k&n cold air intake?
+luis cisneros Hi Luis...I do not know. You better check with K&N recommendation per model of car to see. If not then you may have to do some improvising. Just make sure you can go back to OEM if you do any modifications. Just in case they do not work out. I have used K&N filters on a turbo ford t-bird in the past, but never on a Chevy...as yet. Try the Chevy HHR Forum at... www.chevyhhr.net/...
maybe someone there has done a modification like you are looking for...Thanks for the comment!
I miss the Wingnut!
LOL. I don't miss dropping it down the carb throat though.
Also, remember, you were lucky to get 12,000 miles from the old "wing nut" round filters.
For this one, the owners' manual says it gets 50,000 miles between changes.
My car don't have a the other hose that goes into the side of the air cleaner
I think that's just an exhaust tube, it shouldn't cause any issues just may blow dust everywhere
Quite over engendered that air filter case!!!
This is ridiculous.. whatever happened to take off the wing nut on top, lift the top, pull out the old filter and put in a new one??? I’m horrible with dropping things and I’m guessing I’d be spending over an hour trying to retrieve whatever screw or bolt I dropped in the engine.. looks like it’s worth it to me to just pay somebody to do it that knows what they’re doing.
Also, remember, you were lucky to get 12,000 miles from the old "wing nut" round filters.
For this one, the owners' manual says it gets 50,000 miles between changes.
@@tomt373 It also says the transmission is "sealed for life". All they care about is the car lasting until the warranty expires.
I don't mean to be uppity but if you just loosen the clamp on the upper intake hose, closet to the sensor, it comes off a lot easier and you don't have to take off the pvc hose. Saves you a couple of steps and aggravation. :]
didn't he correct himself in the video ??? when he had problems with the pvc hose he said it may be easier to loosen the top clap ??? anyway he does a good job for a novice trying for the first time ... Chevy has to make something like an air filter so difficult what happen to the good ole wing nut and off with the cover one step change the air filter ???
Following the 2006 HHR Shop Manual directions for changing the engine air filter makes for more work as I show in this video. By Loosening the upper intake clamp as I did in this video...The job becomes much less a pain. Thanks for the comment!
wheres the fuel filter loaction on these hhrs
On the 2006 2.4l engine the fuel STRAINER (no filter) is located on the lower end of the fuel pump module inside the fuel tank.It filters contaminants and wicks the fuel, and normally requires no maintenance. If it becomes plugged then the fuel tank must be removed and cleaned. The fuel STRAINER is made of woven plastic. I suppose the 2.2L engine is the same.
I think the hhr is the most stupid design ever , especially that battery way to the back
is this the same as the 2011 hhr
pat mark Well Pat, I am not sure. My 2006 HHR is five years older and the first year that Chevy made the HHR. It is conceivable that Chevy may have made some modifications to the air cleaner. Checking your air filter part numbers may give you a clue and if they are the same then it is most likely the same air cleaner as on my year HHR. In any case, I am sure they are similar...Let me know what you find. Thanks for the comment.
pat mark Yes it is, I am changing one today can see that it is the same thing.
taking the air cleaner off for the 2011 is simpler because their is no air hose next to the mass air duct.
Got an air compressor ? Blow the dirt off first, maybe.
Consumable parts like filters need to be easy to replace. That's bullshit.
Yep! Seems like maintenance items get more difficult to replace as time passes. I do not like it either.
unplug mass wire first
might as well spray mass sensor
oh and clean throttle inside with spay,might as well
Used to take 2 minutes to change a chevy air filter. What happened to GM? We should have let them go bankrupt. Next time...No bailout!
I just take the hose off of air cleaner not the whole hose
Oh I hate my Chevy hhr 09 I only had it a year and I have 4 kids and now my car does not work I put it in drive and reverse but it wont go
Check the linkage on the side of the transmission mine did the same thing that was the problem
I know your comment is old now, but for anyone else seeing this, find a way to check the transmission fluid level. These cars don't have dipsticks just plugs. These cars leak tranny fluid like crazy from the axle seals. Might just be low on fluid.
Disconnect the electrical wires fist
Sounds like sound advice.