How to change an F30 BMW Cabin Air Filter AND How to Use an Ozone Generator! Get rid of bad odors!

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If your car stinks, you're not alone, because my BMW F30 STINKS REALLY BAD! In today's video, we'll show you two awesome ways to get rid of bad smells, whether they be mildew, cigarettes, your old gym socks and other foul odors! Big thanks to FCP Euro and Limink for sending us these products.
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[@Torvic003]

If you need to do anything to your F30 you will only need two things, a 10mm socket and Kies Motorsports KZbin channel.

[@KiesMotorsports]

lol, yes! And a T20 torx bit lol

[@MarcelBrandon]

​@@KiesMotorsports the Arrow points to the front of the car. you installed it in reverse.

[@ChristianRyanD]

I might end up buying a f30 BMW because of your channel, so much content for fixes and mods, time to upgrade! Thanks for the videos!

[@sttm1283]

you shouldnt just beacuse of all the great content. its a really nice car also :D

[@wjohnsonism]

I bought a 335i M Sport. Coming from a e46 330ci, the F30 is a fantastic "does it all car". Great highway cruiser, grocery hauler, and with the push of a button it's plenty fast.

[@corykasper]

I was putting this off for so long until I saw you do this so easily. Vents no longer smell like feet! Thank you

[@marshallgoldberg8376]

Great video!!! After you remove a cabin air filter, do your best to wipe a shop towel inside the filter housing. Some of those leaves and twigs might be stuck inside there. Access can be pretty tight, but it’s a simple extra step to do.

[@shawnmatijevich]

Thank you. My car smells so fresh now, my girlfriend thinks I'm a stud because I did it myself, and I didn't even realize there was a 12v underneath my dash. You rock.

[@gyolai]

Dude, you are always on point with these videos when I need to maintain/upgrade something on my car. Keep it up, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these. Thank you.

[@dicksfixes6347]

Sorry guys but the air filter is meant to face the engine compartment! I just did this service on my car and BMW (yes BMW!!) put it in the wrong direction (same way as the video). The way to tell is by looking at the old filter. One side will have crap on it (bugs/sticks/debris etc as shown) and the other side is clean. The air has to have flown through the dirty section first and then the clean side is the part where the air comes into the cabin so the arrow should be pointing to the clean side of the old filter. The filter arrow should point to the front of the car/engine compartment. I think you need to video this again.

[@KiesMotorsports]

What's weird about this is we did the video and so did Shumile and both of us have never changed it and it was in the same way.. and Bentley did the video as well, and all of ours were in the other way kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqLShoeLjNt1abs

[@dicksfixes6347]

@@KiesMotorsports Initially, I just copied BMW not really thinking about it. Then I looked at the instructions from the mann filter to discover their arrow pointing towards the front of the car catalog.mann-filter.com/media/einbauanleitung/HBGNxbAO.pdf . So I looked at my old filter again and have convinced myself that when BMW last serviced my car, they put it in incorrectly. It shocks me that the so called professionals in BMW are getting this wrong. The other way to test it is to turn the fans on and put a sheet of paper in place to doubly check direction of flow. I looked at Shumile's video and I think his old filter was installed properly. He suggests replacing it with arrow pointing towards the front of the car too.

[@PaulsTrains]

The arrow goes towards the engine! Mine came from the factory in 2014 that way and that's the way the dealer did it when under warranty. Now I used your video and did it myself with ARROW POINTING TOWARD THE ENGINE. Doesn't matter if the writing with the arrow is on the top or bottom, but it should point toward the engine. This was a great video otherwise and very clear. I also discovered I had an extra 12v port like you, I never knew about.

[@KilaByte33]

Every other car: Open the glovebox and pull the cabin filter out, BMW: You need a 10MM, a torx set and a Kies DIY video to finger out this black magic.

[@2011Savere]

Nissan is hard to get out too. Lexus i see is the easiest to do.

[@MrMillsy83]

Finally, a video where someone changing the cabin air filter, shows clearly the way the arrow needs to point! Thanks so much Bryan!!

[@ademc8872]

The passion with which you make these videos is astounding. Excellent work!

[@drew657]

Glad it's not just my car. I was worried something was legitimately wrong with m y A/C system.

[@KiesMotorsports]

You're not alone!

[@carterhall7699]

Same lol my family got in and was talking about the stench

[@megatronmax14]

Drew mine smells like the yeast I use to make sourdough bread! I freaking hate it. I gotta give this a try!

[@Justin-qv4kd]

Been wanting to do this, didn't know it was that easy

[@tommyclarke3225]

I just bought a 2019 430i with just under 20k miles. I love it but the smell was slight at first but has grown over the last 4 months. It’s making me hate the car. Thanks for making this video. I’m confident that changing the filter will make me love it again.

[@e90RI]

Thank you so much for the great video DIY and idea. The smell is gone!

[@typejlb]

Thanks Brian! I just ordered mine. Just hit 31K on my F30 so it’s definitely about that time.

[@arigeorgitsis3115]

Bryan thank you for this! I have been putting it off for a while but the smell is awful. This reminds me how simple the process is. Will grab the ozone device from Amazon thru your link as I have the filter. Thanks man!! Ari

[@KiesMotorsports]

Sounds great! It helps a lot!

[@bicyclegville23]

Thanks for the video. Saved $150 compared to taking it to the dealership as my car is recently out of warranty.

[@biz4twobiz463]

Installation note: Direction arrow on microfilter must point in direction of travel.

[@joshuakellersberger1170]

looks like you may have installed it backwards

[@peaga80]

Exactly, I just changed my original filter and the arrow should point forward!

[@dragomirdichev1196]

I think the direction of the airflow should point to the front of the car. Better look at which side of the filter are the dust and the particales.

[@chapagawa]

I was looking at some BWM ac filter installation videos in Japan, and they all had the arrow pointing to the front of the car. Also, when I removed my ac filter which was installed by the bmw service folks, it was pointing forwards as well. I hope you can update the video to point this out.

[@Slayingsteelhead]

BMW quoted me $300CAD to do this and just watched your video and followed along to save myself a cool $200. You’re the real mvp 💯🙏🏽

[@masaishimitsu4010]

This is something I was looking for! Thanks for showing what to do with bad odor in the car. Any plan to do vlog on upholstery???

[@joshuawalker5044]

I personally recommend laying something down on the floor before removing the filter. To catch whatever falls out.

[@charliechen2343]

Love ur channel !! Being watching all the videos! Very informative and helpful! Plz keep it up !! In btw i have 328d 2015.. so all the mods u did matches to my car !! Thanks again

[@josephmgomez3921]

Is this why my cabin smells bad when I turn on the A/C ?....or that's another issue you think?

[@Gbagbade007]

You just saved me $150. Thank you so much

[@sinanalhamdani9316]

Great Video As Usual, Thanks Brayn and Thanks one more for supporting Noor’s build.

[@mario-yg8mx]

particularly in humid environments, east coast and southern USA summers, those filters get jacked about every year and need to be changed.

[@samirsami570]

The E chassis have the air filter in engine bay therefore it does not have the stink smell issue, F chassis have it inside just for sound isolation to make the AC blow quitter where it suffers from being burried in dark , humid and old air

[@expl0de]

E-series have the same smell problem. And in F-series when internal recirculation is on, the air still goes through the air filter and the dust is removed. In E-series this is not the case. So the new system is superior. In the summer air ventilation can be turned on after stop to dry the filter.

[@shaunixblu]

G'day Bryan, I have done step by step on how to get rid of this bad odors as per your video above. but just a day later the smell came back. this time I'm sure its coming from the ac vents. pretty strong smell (literally causes headache) even ac is turned off. I recon its coming from evaporator coil core. I've seen other videos where they strip the entire dash down to clean it. is there other way/easier way to do it? hope you're making a video for this. I can t find it if you already did. keep up the good work mate. cheers!

[@lytleric]

Very helpful video! I need to address an odor in my (new to me) F32. The dealer used some kind of fragrance when detailing the car before I picked it up, and it smells too "perfumy" to me. It's not a dirty, musty or offensive smell, but not what I want my new BMW to smell like. So I have been researching ozone generators, thinking that is the solution, although I have read a lot of conflicting information saying that ozone degrades plastic and rubber inside the car. Is there any truth to this?

[@iwant007]

So the arrow points towards the passenger? I'm getting different information

[@mattcarafa210]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. Bought my 335i xdrive used, smelled like piss and BO when AC was on, now I just changed cabin air filter and did the o zone douche-ing- so much better, car smells like fresh rained on forest now.

[@SmerkeHD]

My f30 blows cold air when i try to use the heat its so annoying... any idea what it could be? (idk if it matters but im running full e85)

[@azaboy2]

Just bought my 4 gran coupe with 75k on it and it absolutely stank - thanks for the vid

[@gtsporttour506]

Hi Brian, Thank you for doing this video. I was the one that requested this video a few weeks ago. That was quick! Unfortunately, I already tried replacing my cabin air filter. The moldy smell is still there. I believe it is the evaporator coil that is moldy and needs a cleaning. I was hoping you would be able to do a DIY of locating and cleaning the evap coil. In any case, thank you for the video. This issue is literally the only thing I hated about my F30 and now my F80.

[@_Forever555]

If you still having done this, there is a cleaner called klima on Amazon. Get it it comes with a long white injector tube.. then where you clean replace the air filter there is a drainage on the plastic cover than hangs down. Stick the white tubing as deep as possible in there (you can remove the tip of the tubing so it can fit) the spray the entire can. I did that to my f30 and man its air is now as clean as a new car!!!

[@iliascohen]

Great video, thank you Bryan! Air filter is must-know thing....

[@beatsbyjohng]

Another great vid Brian!!!

[@305dadecounty305]

You should make a video of which blend doors controls the left or right side of the dual climate system. My left side of the F30 comes out hot when I put the heater but the passenger side vents come out cold.

[@laucudal]

Thanks for the video! Saved me 100$ from stealership.

[@cristianmirea1952]

Thanks for the video!!! Do you have any idea in the f30 330e how to set the Ac to be running once i exit the car? If I open the door to get out, it stops everything instantly.

[@rhdjonn]

Just ordered mine 🙌🏾

[@cartere9981]

I’ve never smelt a smell like these f30s systems make don’t even know how to describe the smell noticed it right when I bought it need to try this

[@isad_aei8568]

Nice work man 🤙🏼

[@jaquino1635]

How often do you have to do this?

[@TrevorDonegan]

Does the arrow point into the car or out to the front headlinghts?

[@GTR72]

How often should we change the filter? I did mine about a year ago and after 10 months I noticed the smell again

[@bigman5025]

Every 30k miles or whenever it smells bad lol

[@mpppnots]

thank you, how do u reset the dash board message that u need to change the cabin filter?

[@AliKhan-fs3rm]

I feel like I am in ozone. Good vid man

[@AnakinSkysquatter]

Do we have a BMW part number for the air filter?

[@JaimeRobledodotcom]

Didn't want to go over all the comments, just need to ask will this fix the smell coming out the AC? (2014 328I GT xDrive)

[@alext1150]

please do vileo to clean the air conditioner evaporator

[@lallen968]

hello Bryan, I followed your video changed my cabin filter, but still have smell when I start the car, the smell last like 20 sec and will go away, I checked online ,some people spray on the coil in AC system, do you know where its located? thanks a lot!!!

[@ralph2328]

Thanks Bryan

[@AprilVic]

Great write up! How many miles did you have your previous filter before it became nasty?

[@thepunisher478]

Ozone generator is not available on Amazon and they don't know if it will every be available. I have this problem with stuff you suggest to buy from Amazon for the f30.. it's not prime or in China or not available. I ordered a stop start button... it comes confess from China... Still not here after 2 months.... The other seller good the button sent the wrong one and that one took 30 days..... Please suggest stuff that is 1-available 2-in the US or UK

[@megatronmax14]

Just buy another Ozone generator. They all do the same. It’s just that this one plugs to cigarette lighter. Run an extension and plug to wall outlet. Just make sure u close doors and don’t breathe the Ozone! It’s bad for your lungs. Did this several months ago and my AC still smells great....even in this 100 degrees NY heat👍

[@ethannguyen2092]

Is it the same for the F8X series? If not could you make a video for it?!

[@somejake7]

the E46 one is super well placed so i guess the F30 was the year for them to make it super complicated

[@plightn]

What’s that ozone generator you used? The link doesn’t have the generator there anymore.

[@bimmergang9388]

Will this work in f80

[@SNeto67]

Cool product.

[@datboidroc]

Is it the same way to change air filter for 2011 535?

[@espperre]

datboidroc It might be in the engine bay for that car - one on passenger and one on driver side. Not positive though.

[@michaelhall9138]

No. IIRC, there is a video for the F10...

[@Aman1818]

Ozone thing is out of stock, exact same one. Do you have any other one you recommend?

[@frankfarklesberry]

Your ozone generator link points to a pack of LIttle Trees. :D

[@stevet8607]

Exactly I was wondering same thing , like wtf , is he miss leading us

[@KiesMotorsports]

That's so weird! Looks like they stopped selling it and put air fresheners in it's spot, lol. We linked another one, but haven't tested it..

[@rafaeldiaz2147]

Do you have to reset anything?

[@masterofheaven123]

Can we please talk about what I should do to my f30 please? Lol I have a 2012 328i

[@Zooonoo]

The ozone thing isnt available. any other recommendations?

[@krisjoha10]

hey :D could u do a video on changing brake fluid/coolant on the f30? :)

[@mexicangamer4]

When i turn on my a.c. on cold it has a faint antifreeze smell, is this the awful smell you are talking about?

[@miguelsandoval8203]

Yep- it smells odd, sometimes like a alcohol smell, wet socks, but it just hits you.

[@Jaaaayarre]

Does this also apply to other F series?

[@expl0de]

Yes, for every vehicle.

[@DHIZZYJ]

What 10mm socket tool did you use

[@risingsunautomotive2346]

Is this the same filter for an f80 m3

[@jack.f30]

Lol yes I need this. My cars ac smells like crayons

[@TimmyYapYap]

Same

[@rudyrivera2964]

Lmfao when I bought mine I asked the salesman why did the interior smell like a crayons factory. I thought it was the synthetic leather bmw uses ?

[@colemorrow657]

It’s the upholstery glue they use. Some Mercedes have the same smell.

[@DiarmuidODonovan]

wow didnt even know there was a cabin air filter,

[@jeffreysmith3415]

And then what you can do.....very carefully

[@sttm1283]

darn the product is unavailabe :( could use it on my sisters car(my old one). smells horses in there, previous owner was a horsewoman so i guess it had its fair share of the farmlife.

[@03mope]

Hi Bryan, what year is your BMW F30 from ?

[@KiesMotorsports]

2013

[@danedwards4984]

Super!!

[@phva7678]

I would do this just to say "I know what the ozone smells like"

[@KiesMotorsports]

Lol. Smells like aliens 👽

[@expl0de]

Time to fill the ozone gap.

[@THTRT]

Kies Motorsports LoL 😂

[@rollthers3157]

Go outside after a thunderstorm. You're welcome.

[@12martin12rojas]

My car has 56k and air filter was about the same

[@dontleaveamessage]

Omg I thought I did something to my car to make it smell like this ...... Mercedes have the same issue, well the C class

[@mannyinnyc]

I really wanna know what ozone smells like now... lol

[@metz35]

Your evaporator needs replacing. These are all temp fixes.

[@yt0500323022]

k metz......the smell is due to biological growth on the evaporator coil. That doesn’t mean it has to be replaced. It can be cleaned. The issue is gaining access to it in order to clean.

[@2011Savere]

Man the Lexus is one, two, three, to change. 😂 In and out done. No more than five minutes.

[@Jonfocus03]

Dang. The generator is out of stock.

[@a4achtung]

Do flat earthers believe in the ozone layer? lol

[@ThicWhips]

This video really stinks. #dadjokesarelife

[@KiesMotorsports]

😜

[@onewisedre]

#notfunny