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Tiguan Lphev easily replaces air filter elements and teaches-unprofessional after-sales service is exhausting

September 15, 2024

Car-loving Town Building

The me’s car has traveled 23000 kilometers since it was bought in December last year, because the me basically uses the pure electric driving mode when the road condition in the urban area is poor, and the fuel mode is basically in the suburbs and the roads around the highway with better air conditions, so the technician told me that my air filter element is still very clean and does not need to be replaced. So the me used the Volkswagen points in the 4s store to exchange an air filter element and was ready to replace it when he was free. Here is a small episode, after-sales is not very professional, resulting in an own incident, let’s not talk about it here. )

This is the air filter element that I exchanged points in 4s store.

Let’s start with the popularization of science:
Air filter element is a kind of filter, also known as air filter cartridge, air filter, style and so on.
The engine sucks in a large amount of air during its working process. If the air is not filtered, the dust suspended in the air is sucked into the cylinder, which will accelerate the wear of the piston group and cylinder. When larger particles enter between the piston and the cylinder, it will cause serious “cylinder pulling” phenomenon, especially in a dry and sandy working environment. The air filter is installed in front of the carburetor or intake pipe to remove dust and sand from the air and ensure that sufficient and clean air is entered into the cylinder.

Customers are usually advised to change every 15000 kilometers. Vehicles whose air filters often work in harsh conditions should be replaced no more than 10,000 kilometers away. The me’s vehicle is a new energy vehicle, usually uses more electricity, so the utilization rate of the air filter element is not very high, at the same time, the working environment is still relatively good, so the replacement cycle can be appropriately extended and replaced according to the degree of use of the filter element.
The following describes the specific steps and details of the replacement of Tuguan Lphev air filter element:

Open the door on the left side of the cab and pull the switch on the front hood with your hand

Prepare a Phillips screwdriver.

This is the switch directly in front of the front hood. Use the portable switch to open the front hood.

This box contains Tuguan Lphev air filter element.

Loosen the rear interface of the air filter cartridge

The connecting pipe on the right side and the right rear side of the air filter box is not recommended. If you have a tool, you can consider opening the clamp of the connecting pipe, so that it is more convenient to install and disassemble the air filter box completely.

Reach out to this position with your left hand and pull it up hard to lift the air filter box.

Lift it up and the connecting pipe can be turned.

The code under the air filter box and the date of production.

A screwdriver is needed here. There are 2 holes under the air filter box and 2 screws inside which we need to loosen them.

After the screw is loosened, there are 4 bayonets around the air filter cartridge, push hard to the inside so that you can open the lid above the air filter box.

Open the lid and we can see the following Tuguan Lphev air filter element.

The filter element which has run for more than 20,000 kilometers is still very clean.

The filter element originally installed in the car is auspicious.

Put it with the air filter I exchanged at the 4s store.

What the heck is this. What happened? it’s different. You didn’t give me a Tuguan L air filter after sale.

Well, at this point, my idea of changing the filter element fell through. Now that you’ve opened it, let’s clean it up and wipe all the dirt with a dishcloth.

Put the air filter back in again.

This is the fixed switch under the air filter box. There are three switches located at the right front and bottom, left front and bottom and left rear bottom.

Corresponding to the interface under the air filter box

There is no way to run again, go to the 4s store to change. Tuguan L air filter box 85 yuan each, Tuguan Lphev air filter box 76, I asked the 4s store to replace me is right for me, here fooled me another 9 yuan. Ten thousand words of alpacas are running in my heart.