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stanc3w0rks
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Will an old pollen filter be part of the reason that my car fogs up so much?

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Yes! They are supposed to be changed every. 15,000 miles or yearly, which ever comes first. When the leaves and other particles get trapped in it they also draw moisture which is what causes the fogging.

For a £5er I don't understand why people don't change them!
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When you take it out just imagine breathing through it and you'll change it regularly :lol:
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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Haha i have one ordered anyway just thought id ask. I dont think mines ever been changed

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Did mine when i bough the car was the genuine GM one lol

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Your like me then @rsi-dan , when I do a service I do genuine GM filters, on both the corsa and the wife's Zafira!
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Always replace with GM when doing a service to my B

GM oil and filter
pollen filter
spark plugs I go for NGK iridium
air filter gets cleaned out as I have a pipercross panel filter
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GM oil is the best for them and isn't badly priced!
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Gm oil is the best about, most garages round here use it in everything
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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Only use GM oil in my corsa and use Triple QX in anything else
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Is this gm?
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yep, it has the little blue gm logo printed on the label.
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

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Cheers. I havr that ordered, cant argue with that price :)

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rsi-dan wrote:Always replace with GM when doing a service to my B

GM oil and filter
pollen filter
spark plugs I go for NGK iridium
air filter gets cleaned out as I have a pipercross panel filter
See you filler has it ever split down the edge where rub seal I'd ? Just ask cus I have same piper filter and it split last time I took it out to clean it ! :/
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