Dirty Cabin Filter - PART 2!! So many leaves...

What I thought was a quick fix, turned into something more!! The leaves and debris from the cabin air filter fell into the heater blower fan when I removed the old filter! The debris caused a fan imbalance, resulting in a very loud fan noise - not good!
I used an endoscope camera to determine that the fan did contain leaves and set out to remove them. Ultimately, I had to remove the heater blower fan to get everything clean.
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[@jayanderson228]

Mine ended up having an acorn in it.. used air compressor and vacuum but it never came out. Did have a few leaves come out and was hopeful when I turned the AC back on high... had to drop the unit and dump out the acorn. Fun stuff! Thanks for the video sir! That USB cam is sweet!

[@DillonEvenson]

Getting those back 2 screws out is maddening. Instead, I took the air filter out and stuck a flexible vacuum hose (from a dryer cleaning kit) into the blower motor and sucked out the single leaf that was causing my AC to be extremely loud. Very quick and easy!

[@beastfromtheeast9318]

I’m a gm tech and the trick is to try and vacuum the leaves before you pull the filter out. Push down on the filter and squeeze a vacuum hose, preferably a skinny vacuum hose attachment and vacuum as much as you can.

[@Sir_Leelord]

I’m gonna try this but worst case do what he did too.

[@jkorkow1]

great advice, I changed mine and vacuumed after, I have a skinny dryer and fridge attachment for vacuum that I used after the fact this time, will do it before next time!!

[@billfendley7531]

Great video. My 2015 Silverado squirrel cage fan got nuts from mice nesting on the air filter. It's amazing that GM cannot come up with a better plan to keep the vermin and debris out. Thanks for the video.

[@toughpinoy281]

I took our craftsman leaf blower and put it in reverse mode and it sucked out the 2 little leaves that were in there. I had the wife do the honor of turning the car on and putting the AC on full blast. 2015 Suburban LTZ

[@galovillacis]

I spent the majority of this maintenance on that right corner screw. Didn’t put it back in. Great video 👍

[@tempusveritas8901]

same here

[@iridelimo3169]

My Chevy Suburban 2019 making the same noise. I’ll try to vacuum it first then follow your course if didn’t resolve. Thank you for help!

[@kennethboring1514]

You really helped me with my terrain! Thank you!

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

Glad to hear it!

[@josephviau3925]

I take a piece of plastic sheet made from a plastic cutting board sized for the filter and slide it under the old filter before removal so most of the debris stays out of the fan. Not 100% but I fabricated a 90 degree bend for my shop vac for debris removal.

[@gordongrecko]

Great video! Thank you! Wife was telling me to take it in and I’m saying… over my dead body! Ha! I got this.

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

I know that feeling! Haha. Worst case, you take it in - but at least you tried yourself first. Good luck!

[@gordongrecko]

@@ificanfixitsocanyou I got it!!! Problem fixed thanks to your video! Several leafs stuck in blower motor. That back right screw was a real tough one to get out and back in but besides that not bad at all.

[@peterrudy9207]

For debris use a wet/dry vacuum and for odors use a ozone machine .

[@user-it6bx9tt5h]

i pulled my filter. dropped some leaves i guess, because when i cleaned and reinstalled, the fan makes a humming noise... theres gotta be a better way than dropping the whole fan assembly.

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

I read somewhere where you should slide in a piece of cardboard under the filter, before removing. That will catch the stuff that's on top of the filter that inevitably falls, and then you slide that carboard out. I guess that could work?

[@WaVyMaTiC]

Need help doing it in a 2010 Acura TSX…

[@Jk-Tu-icey]

Mine had leaves and spiders in

[@wreckingball8881]

Man i hope i can get a Vacuum hose in there because if i take mine thing apart i won't get it back together

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

The disassembly, while a little tedious, isn't that bad! (Aside from that one screw in the back-right corner in the foot well - grr). You can do it!

[@mikeycbd]

So many leaves in the LEAF

[@johnkramer7993]

What car r u working on

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

2018 Chevy Tahoe

[@johnkramer7993]

Thanks.ours is a 2014 chevy Cruze. It was leaves in blower motor .2 hrs to do job

[@rsg9190]

1000 thanks man couldn’t have done it without you 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾acorns🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🐿🐿🐿🐿

[@ificanfixitsocanyou]

No problem 👍