E30 MICROFILTER ?

[ROBM3]

I dont own an e30 anymore, but I was just surfing through some websites when I saw this ? I never knew it existed.... what is it for ? Do you have to change it ?

TAKE A LOOK HERE

[LikeCDoos]

hum....my car is all the way in the parking lot so i'm just going off memory, and i don't remember seeing a filter back there. Maybe it was an option for europe??

[bwanac]

Weird... I have never seen that either. I just dismantled an e30 for parts, and never saw that either.

[rs4pro3]

Hum I've never seen that before, I wonder what year models it came on and if it was only a europe option.

[M3 Ryan]

never seen one in an E30... only later cars had them.

[Jordan]

That car has no AC, and it is where the AC core would be.

Likely standard on non AC cars.

[Spaz]

That car has no AC, and it is where the AC core would be.

Likely standard on non AC cars.

or maybe it goes where the ac used to be because that is where the evap core goes.

i never seen a mirco filter in any a/c neither does it list in any of my parts catalogs.

[bmwdude]

1 year later...........

I was just about to post a question concerning retrofitting a microfilter on my E30 when I came across this on the search feaure.

Although possible, why would only non-ac cars have this? One would think logically, that with AC, it would also be nice to have filtered air too?

Whatver the case, I'm looking for anyone who had ever custom installed a microfilter on his car. I think that this will be a nice addition to any E30. Especially during the drier summer months, once a week at least, I have to wipe the top of the dash and leather seats with a damp rag, to get rid of the dust. This does not seem to be the case with my TDi that has a microfilter.

Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated!

[Teaguer]

I highly doubt that anybody here (US) has ever installed a microfilter into the their E30 .
The question of E30 having microfilters has come up several times on other boards and this link is the first time that I've ever seen proof that one ever existed .
But it states right at the top that its for cars without A/C .
Some insisted that E30's had microfilters because the EuroDepot listed them .

Anyway ...I'm sure that the dust you are experiencing is most likely due to the 15+ years of dust that has gathered inside the vents and piping .
Surely all that dust is not coming in through the fresh air intake .

[bmwdude]

I highly doubt that anybody here (US) has ever installed a microfilter into the their E30 .
The question of E30 having microfilters has come up several times on other boards and this link is the first time that I've ever seen proof that one ever existed .
But it states right at the top that its for cars without A/C .
Some insisted that E30's had microfilters because the EuroDepot listed them .

Anyway ...I'm sure that the dust you are experiencing is most likely due to the 15+ years of dust that has gathered inside the vents and piping .
Surely all that dust is not coming in through the fresh air intake .

Well, first off, I am kind of a freak as far as how picky I am with certain things. By dust, I mean slight white dust, like if you live in the city, and leave your house windows open all week, and the end result of what you'll find on your black tv set. I think that is how I'm getting my dust. I've yet to recharge my AC, so I drive around with my windows open. In any case, even with the windows closed, slight dust will collect on the dashboard. For some people, this may be unnoticeable, but for me, a microfilter will cure everything. And make me happy.

[Teaguer]

Do you have OCD ? :|

[bmwdude]

Yes I do, and I'm afraid that it is running rampant all across the board.

[code-]

e30.de:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e30.de%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Did ALL US e30's come with A/C?

[BavarianBimmer]

I don't have a microfilter in my E30 (without A/C and ECE spec),
tought it was an option back in the days

[nando]

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1503&mospid=47324&btnr=64_0157&hg=64&fg=10

MICROFILTER 64311394093 $29.40

that's the part # that comes up for an american 12/90 325ix (4 door auto ;)).

and that's simply going to 'heater and air conditioning' >> 'microfilter'...

and I totally know what you mean about dust. my car always builds dust on the dash, it drives me nuts.. wish I had time to wipe it off more often :P

also that article says "e30s without air conditioning", so that probably means air conditioned cars don't have them. ;)