Spend 15 minutes and save $100 or more. Here's how to replace the pollen (or cabin) filter in your Volvo S80--and possibly other models. Detailed steps and a link to an on-line source where you can buy the filters.
Thank you for showing me this, its kind of shitty the manual tells you that there is this filter but does not show the location. But this helped out a lot.
Thanks so much for posting this video Kris and saving me money! Seriously (David G.), you should have seen the debris that fell out when I opened the compartment and pulled the filter down. It looked like the original filter. This 2001 S80 has 138,000± miles on it.
Thank you so much for this DIY videos. If you know more other maintenance easy to do and money savers, please post more in youtube with regards to this S80 Volvo. Thanks!
There are two opening for two filters. Both are suitable for Volvo S80, 98-06. The wide one for activated charcoal other one for cheap one (w/o charcoal). The Charcoal opening closer to the hood, the fiber filter is closer to the seat. Either one should work fine. Just replaced mine (like 5 mins ago) =) I guess if you want a super pure air in the car, you can install two of then at the same time =))))))
You put the filter in the wrong slot. These cars can take either a 1” or 1.5” filter, depending on how they were equipped when new. If you use a 1” filter, such as a Mann CU2855, it goes in the first (rear on the car) slot. If you use a 1.5” filter, such as a Mann CUK2855, it goes in the slot you used. You put a 1” filter in the 1.5” slot, so air will leak around the perimeter.
I changed the cabin filter on my 2004 S80 and it was easy enough, but I just did me wifes 2012 S80 and it was not pleasant. The filter is very difficult to replace because a fuse box is located nearly on top of it and there is hardly any clearance. There must be a trick to it. I recommend letting the dealership do it on a 2012 S80.
Roger, to do this job properly, one must remove the glove box in addition to the panel underneath it and the panel on the doghouse that conceals the filter housing. Failing to do so requires significant distortion to the cabin filter element when installing it into its housing. This distortion causes deformation of the top and bottom borders of the filter resulting in gaps in the coverage of the coils against which the filter rests. These gaps allow the flow of unfiltered air and debris to pass into the coils, making the filter ineffective. Removing the glove box allows EASY access to the filter housing for removal and replacement of the element without the need to fold, distort, crush or force the new element into its housing. If one removes the glove box, there is no need to remove the fuse panel.
The filter on my 2001 S80 T6 was so nasty. I suspect that it was the original filter. It was filled with grass and had beetles in it. Also, my car doesn't have the evaporator line.
