Cabin Filter Replacement - Pollen Filter Change - Ford Focus Mk1 / LR
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- How to change the Pollen Filter on a Ford Focus Mk1 / LR series. Every step shown and documented so that you can follow along at home.
How to remove the plastic cowling
How to remove the wiper arms and wiper motor assembly
Removing the pollen filter
Cleaning the plenum chamber
Reinstalling all parts and accessories
Note: this is a guide for a regular maintenance wash, designed to keep your car clean in between surface sealing. Waxing or ceramic coating your car is still recommended a few times a year depending on your climate.
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On a left hand car it's much easier. Only 3 clips and there is no need to remove the wipers. It was clean so didn't clean much. Thank you Eric :)
You have it easy 😀
@@Horus_Works Sorry mate :)
I just checked mine. A few things I’ve learned: you don’t have to remove the wipers, move them to the up position and turn your ignition off. The screw you need to remove and the plug: unscrew the screw, then screw it back in a little and pull the plug right out
Awesome! Thanks for the tip gully, I'll have to change mine soon again so I'll try this out!
In the UK we get alot of rain and on the filter side we are recommended to seal the cover as water gets through and tends to leak through the filter into the car
Thanks for your great input David, it's comments like these that I really appreciate. If I've missed something, please feel free to leave the details in the comments section so that this video can be a comprehensive guide for others to follow. Hope you're enjoying the videos!
originally there is actually a seal which should also be replaced when changing the pollen filter. just use some bitumen sealing tape.
Greetings from Germany 😄
Adrian
It looks like someone put sealant on the glass and plastic to stop water from getting in from the screen
@@Joe-ug1vuI’m going to have to do the same to mine. Go to a car wash or get a heavy rain I have a lot of water in the passenger foot well
I just changed my filter and I see the issue now. The clips which hold the cover on are useless. It's not at all clear how to clip it back into place. Looking at mine and comparing to this video, for some reason my middle clip is missing completely (just the metal with the hole), and on the right-hand clip it actually looks like what I see in this video (just the rubber showing with no plastic attached to it - I suspect I pulled the plastic part off the rubber when removing the cover). Why couldn't Ford just use three screws for this, just like they did with the left-hand clip, instead of these dumb fragile clips! I have no idea what to do now.
Very well done! I have a similar car, only the wheel is on the left side, and seeing your video I will follow your steps (mirrored for my wheel) and clean that area. Where can I find some spare plastic clips for those covers?
Thanks Ovidiu, glad you liked the video!
Haha, yep most people will find it odd that my steering wheel is on that side!
It's not a hard job by the way, the trickiest part for me was taking the wiper arms off, so if yours are stuck too, just use a puller like I did.
About the plastic clips, mine were okay so I didn't look for any new ones, but if I were you I would look in Facebook Ford Focus groups. Lots of people are parting out Mk1 Focus cars, and even if you're across the world, they are super light and small to post, so it wouldn't cost much to have them sent to you. Hope that helps, please give the vid a like👍 and click subscribe if you want to see more 😀 best of luck with your project!
Great job done and the video show's each step perfectly.
Thank you!
Excellent video, I have a problem with clear water in the passenger front and back foot well due to rain water entering the car. I need to check the Pollen Filter housing seal to the car body and the seal between the plastic shield for the air cover and the windshield. Your video covered both issues. Thank you.
You're most welcome mate. It's not as much of an issue for us here in Australia as we have a very dry climate, but yeah, definitely make sure your seals are intact if your car is outside a lot in the rain.
Fantastic video!! Amazing how much dirt builds up in there will have to have a go at this!
Do it mate - your lungs will thank you 👍🙂
Hi, you make the best videos for fokus mk1 on youtube !l 👍🙂🚘🚗
Thank you very much for your work, I highly appreiciate it. Greetings from Germany, Michael
Hi Michael, thanks so much for your support. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!
This video is GOLD. My next maintenance project. Thank you so much! Subed & Belled :)
Thanks Mohammed, I appreciate your support. And super-happy to see that the videos are helping!
Awesome information and great help as i'm hoping to be a happy owner of a focus one day. One thing I noticed (and many other does this as well) is no matter how small the task, is unplugging the negative terminal on the battery to minimize shorts while pluging/ unpluging conectors. Otherwise great content ^^
Great point! Thanks for the tip and happy to see you like the content. Now go for it and get a Focus :)
Disconnecting the battery for unplugging the connector of the windshield wipers is going overboard.. Just have no one touch the windshield wiper lever and leave the key out of the ignition. Even if it would turn on after all that, you would have to do a lot of effort to make those contacts touch the chassis. And even if all that actually happened (similar do walking out of your front door and having a piano fall onto you) it would just blow a fuse.
@@Engineer9736 I mostly recommended it as water was involved to clean the entire area out. Besides the wipers, there are other electrical connectors up at the firewall area. A moment's effort disconnecting the battery avoids any blown fuses or otherwise.
Hi
I have a MK1.5 TDDI, with more than 200.000 km. I was checking your videos and they are handy. About this one in particular.
On mine I had to replace those shi.. plastic clamps with a screw and some holders. The plastic curcuvan has gotten curve due the plastic clamps.
Thanks for the insight Bruno, it's good info for others who are reading these posts! Thanks for sharing!
There still needs to be glued with a sealant shield to the windshield, so that water does not get on the filter
I wonder if you can add some micro mesh to keep larger debris out
Great idea!! I might try that the next time I'm changing the filter 👍
Job well done,very nice but you have missed out probably the most important step.You should always replace the sealing gasket under the filter housing.Failure to do this will lead to a wet carpet in the passenger footwell,if you can't find one you can use a mastic,not silicone sealer on top of the remaining original seal and then place the housing on top.Hope this helps.
Perfect comment., thanks Brian. Yes this should definitely be done especially for those in wet climates!..
shouldn't you put silicon like sealant between the plastic cover and the windshield?
Yes this has been commended by many others as well... Do it especially if there is a lot of rain where you live 👍 I've had the car like this, without the sealant for a year now with no problem, but then again I am in a dry climate in Australia.
Thats it I'm doing this at the weekend 👍👍👍
I hope the video helps mate 😀
Thanks for this!👍👍
No problem, hope it's useful for you 👍
Nice and very detail procedures!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for this video! Changed my filter today, and that was much needed! Didn't have to clean though, because I have an amazing mechanic that fixed my viper mechanism last year and cleaned it out. However I did manage to loose that one Philips head screw. Any thought on what kind it is, right now I'm screwless.
Hey Calima, I can take a look for you if you like. Follow my page on Facebook: facebook.com/horusworx/ and then you'll be able to message me there. When you message me I'll reply with an image of the screw, and then you can take that image to a hardware store to find a replacement. Hope that helps :)
Nice job and prezentation.. Pay attention ... It is not so important that the plastic under the wiper on the passenger's side adheres to the windshield, but that the plastic channel drain under the windshield is pulled exactly so that the water that accidentally enters there can be carried out of the filter into other side drains. if this is not done correctly, then the water falls on the filter and enters the cabin at the passenger's feet. This happened to me and it took me 2 months to figure out where the water enters the cab at the passenger’s feet
Perfect comment mate, thanks so much for sharing, and thanks for your support!
Another great video. My wipers will not return to "home" position after I turn them off, or give them a "bump" when misting. I have to "time it" and shut them off when they hit bottom. Any idea what is causing this? Thanks again for the content. You are a lifesaver!
Hey mate, ooo that's an interesting one - I've never encountered that before... I'd say, since your wiper arms move freely, your wiper motor is okay, and the mechanism too. So I would say it's probably the relay - find your wiper relay in the ruse box, and try replacing it... I'd start there, good luck! 👍
@@Horus_Works outstanding! Thanks brother
If we do not seal the connection between the glass and the plastic cover with a dedicated rubber compound, the whole job is pointless. The first rain and the filter will be wet and there will be a smell of moisture inside.
Hi i have changed on my one the cabin filter but i have discovered that in the past someone broke the plastic clips (12:07) of WINDSCREEN SCUTTLE. How can i replace them? I mean how can I find them in the market (is there a name or o code that i can search with)? Thanks for the use full video 🙂
Hey mate, I'm not sure that Ford sell them any more, so what I would do is go to a wrecking yard to see if you could get some others from an old wreck. If that's not an option, jump on Facebook and ask in the Focus MK1 groups in anyone is pulling apart a Mk1. There are always people selling Focus parts on there, especially in the UK, and even if you have to get it shipped overseas, it would be very cheap because the parts are so small and light.
@@Horus_Works Thank you very much! Have a nice day!
QUESTION: Can anybody explain how the clips work? How does each plastic side connect together? Where there is only rubber showing (presumably the plastic part came off completely when the cover was removed), how do I disconnect the two plastic halves, and then how to connect the plastic to the rubber?
Does it improve the AC air flow? Great video btw :)
It you current filter is really clogged then yes, and it will also remove any odour that may be coming though the vents. Thanks for watching 😀
Nice work
Thanks mate 👍
What's wrong if top pipe freezing cold but cold air not coming through in car for mk1
Hey thanks for your comment. The air con condenser is what needs to work to get cold air into the car. Check that first, and then check that the AC has gas in it.
Omg wasn’t this a service item, I changed mine also nearly 20 years of crap
Exactly! Same here, 20 years of rubbish. And people wonder why these cars rust in there. Lesson learnt, I change mine out every couple of years 👍
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How do i choose the right filter for mine?
Hi Kent, head over to an auto parts store and they will able to help you out. If your car is the same as mine, just use the part number I show in this video.
You can replace just the filter without removing the wipers.
Anything in the section in front of the filter is no issue. There are no twigs and leafs going through it. I would have let the windshield wiper section alone. A lot of effort and money and risk for breaking more stuff, and nothing gained by doing the windshield wiper section. Just replace the filter and clean the area directly around it and it’s all good. Edit: 9:40 lmao, you’re going way overboard. Are you also going to vacuum clean the road before you drive over it 😂
Thank you for your comment Richard. I would say that the benefit in cleaning out the whole plenum area, including underneath the wipers, it to clear out the debris that traps dirt and moisture there. And not to mention the spiders in my homeland of Australia - no thanks. The deris in your plenum can make it's way onto your clean cabin filter, causing a musty smell in damp climates, and let's not forget our old friend - rust. The cowel is one of the worst areas for rust so it's worth keeping clean. Check out the video I made about rust prevention on these cars, where I clean out the front wings. But there is no point if you don't clean out the plenum first. Hope that helps explain the method to my madness. 👍