Owners of VAZ 2114 cars often complain about the carelessness and short-sightedness of the domestic manufacturer. In their opinion, some systems of the fourteenth Samara model have specific shortcomings. Take, for example, the cabin filter of a car, which receives the most complaints. It consists of a strip of filter material placed between two plastic grids. The configuration of such a flimsy filter is capable of retaining only the largest debris, allowing all other small particles of dirt and various gaseous compounds to enter the cabin.
Of course, given this state of affairs, any VAZ 2114 car owner will dream of installing a normal cleaning element. And this can be done, but first you should take care of purchasing a cabin filter adapter. This is exactly what we will talk about in our article. You will learn what functions it performs and how you can make it yourself.
What does the cabin filter adapter look like and what functions does it perform?
Cabin filter adapter with a filter installed in it (new model) from VAZ-2110
The cabin filter adapter allows you to install a modern cleaning element in your car, which will retain dust and prevent it from settling on the inside of the windshield, dashboard and interior trim.
The product is a modernized casing for the cabin ventilation system with the function of integrating a cabin filter from VAZ 2110 cars. It has a detachable metal structure, consisting of two parts - front and rear, into which the filter is installed. The joints of both parts of the adapter are sealed with rubber gaskets, which improve the tightness of the structure and prevent moisture from entering the interior blower fan. The lower plane of the adapter is also treated with the same seal. The sides of the front part are responsible for keeping the filter dry when it rains or when washing the car. The location of the adapter in the car ensures that the filter is installed forward in the direction of travel of the vehicle. This orientation of this design allows the installation of a pleated cabin filter of the tenth Samara family. At the same time, removal and installation of the filter component for its periodic cleaning and replacement can be done in a few seconds. The adapter can be installed on cars with various modifications of the standard casing, and all thanks to the universal fastening of the adapter. There is no need to remove the heater fan during installation.
Device functions
The functions of the cabin filter adapter may differ slightly from each other, depending on the modification made to it. The main functions inherent in any adapter include:
- Purification of air coming from the street;
- Retention of dust, debris and harmful automobile exhausts;
- Providing the salon with clean, fresh air.
More expensive and high-quality filters have a number of additional functions, such as:
- Air purification from bacteria and microorganisms;
- Adding activated carbon sorbent;
- Extending service life;
- Possibility to install a filter of a more modern design into the adapter.
You can buy such a thing at any car store for about 1,500 rubles. But, let's consider the option of making an adapter yourself.
Advantages of the VAZ 2110 cabin filter
Carbon and anti-allergenic dust filters for VAZ-2108, -2109, -21099, -2114, -2115 (Samara family) VAZ 2110 cabin filter It is
not for nothing that we say that it is better to install a filter of the tenth Lada family on a VAZ 2114 car. A reasonable question arises: what are its advantages over the “Samarov” filter?
Even if you just look at these two filter elements, you can already see that the working surface area of the VAZ 2110 interior compartment is much larger than that of the Samarovo one. To be more precise, 6 times. This configuration of the cabin filter allows, with significantly lower air resistance, to improve the filtration of polluting particles through more dense packing of the paper element. According to filter manufacturers, the efficiency of filter material in filtering out dust particles up to 1 micrometer in size is 95%. Mechanical contaminants measuring 2 micrometers are retained by 98%. Thus, installing an adapter can allow you to enjoy all the benefits of a modern cabin filter without significant loss of air volume.
Why is replacement needed?
The main reason for replacing the cabin filter is dust. The most active period of pollution is summer and spring. The weather is dry, and therefore a very large amount of dust forms on the roads and on the street.
Obviously, the replacement is carried out in order to increase the efficiency of cleaning the air that we breathe while inside the car. If you ignore the need to change the filter element, you will soon begin to inhale large amounts of dust and microparticles that can cause diseases of varying degrees of complexity.
Young children can develop serious allergies if they constantly drive a car with an old cabin air filter. Therefore, this is primarily a health issue.
Price issue
Experts advise replacing the element twice a year - at the end of summer and at the beginning of spring. That is, before and after the active period of dust spreading.
This entails the need for certain costs to purchase two filters per year. But there is no need to worry, since the price of a regular filter component is only 150 rubles. A higher quality carbon filter costs a little more - 300 rubles. It's a small price to pay to stay healthy and comfortable inside your car.
Where can I get a cabin filter adapter for a VAZ 2114?
You can purchase a cabin filter adapter for a VAZ 2114 in three ways.
The simplest of them is purchasing a product in an online store. For example, on the website adaptech.spb.ru/order.htm they offer to purchase an adapter for only 1,600 rubles.
The advantages of this method: The original adapter is much better - thick metal, powder paint.
Cons: Painfully expensive delivery, and the price is too high.
The second way to acquire a treasured item is to buy it through the same ubiquitous Internet from the St. Petersburg Samodelkins.
The advantages of this method: Low price
Cons: You can also get confused yourself.
Well, and finally, the third way to get the desired spare part is to make your own interior adapter.
The advantages of this method: Savings and a sense of personal satisfaction from the work done to improve your “pelvis”.
Cons: 8 hours of effort and preliminary preparation of the necessary materials.
But we are not afraid of difficulties, right? And we can modernize our bird ourselves in our garage. And with the money saved, we’d better buy a new carbon filter from the “ten”.
Why filter cabin air?
MB W140 - the first mass-produced affordable car with cabin air treatment
In the early 2000s, Mosekomonitoring conducted a series of studies that related to the levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur in traffic jams. It turned out that the consumption of this muck by car drivers and their passengers exceeds the permissible level by 14 times. Moreover, a pedestrian who is 5 meters from the car inhales polluted air with a concentration that is only twice the permissible level. It’s also not sugar, but this cannot be compared with the conditions in which the driver finds himself.
In Europe, similar measurements began to be taken 30 years earlier, and the first cabin filters from Bluher began to be installed on expensive cars as a series. The first examples of air purifiers were similar to power system air filters, only with greater air flow capacity. The fact is that the heater engine is not able to create such a high vacuum as in the intake tract of the power system. The resistance of the cabin filter must be ten times lower, otherwise the air simply will not be able to overcome the resistance.
Video tutorial on replacing cabin filter 2114
A serial affordable car with cabin air treatment appeared only in 1991 and it was the MB W140 S-Class. A primitive corrugation was installed on it, which could trap 96% of solid particles - dust, rubber, suspension from worn brake pads, plant pollen and other more or less large fractions, ranging in size from 6 microns. Only the filters could not cope with carbon monoxide, so to deactivate harmful substances, the corrugation was impregnated with activated carbon. It's there in Europe. Our air was no cleaner, and if you believe the studies we mentioned, the situation was completely critical.
VAZ did not consider this a problem at all, so all classic cars were produced without any means of preparing the air in the cabin. VAZ 2108, VAZ 2109, 21099 were produced with an open air intake and not only particles 5 microns in size could get into the cabin, but often it was necessary to rake leaves and insects out of the air ducts, not to mention dust, which easily entered the lungs. The most vigilant owners of eights and nines simply pulled tights over the receiving frame of the ventilation system, but there was no talk of any serious filtration.
Step-by-step instructions for making a cabin adapter
- So, before you start working with metal, you should make templates for parts from paper. We print out drawings of the parts of the structure and glue them together. Here's what we got:
Printed from Compass 3D V12 1:1
- After this, we take the resulting stencils, metal scissors and cut out the galvanized parts.
- Next, we bend the parts in a large vice, using a wooden mallet so as not to spoil them.
- Then we drill holes with a drill, metal drill bit 3.
- We fasten the parts with M3 bolts.
- Next, you can install our craft. First, the part for the motor. Then on top is the part with the frame for the filter.
- To make installation easier, the plastic grille to protect against leaves was removed.
- We treat the adapter itself with glass sealant, carefully coating all the cracks and joints so as not to siphon, otherwise the whole point of the installation will be lost.
- We also treat the places where the adapter comes into contact with the car body with auto sealant (silicone will not work)
- The final touch is a rubber seal on the top of the adapter to protect the hood trim.
- Now you can install a cabin filter of the new tenth sample.
Bottom line: if you wish, you can also paint the resulting upgrade and begin to fully enjoy the clean air of the cabin!
Installing the adapter on the car
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Installation work, when compared with the manufacture of an adapter, is an order of magnitude simpler, however, even here there are enough nuances, ignorance of which can seriously complicate the completion of the task.
Since we have already decided that we will use a filter element from the VAZ-2110, which is larger in size than the original product, all that remains is to decide on the type of cabin filter. Recently, reusable products have appeared on sale. Even if you know a thousand and one ways to clean the old cabin filter of a VAZ-2115 stove, we do not recommend buying a reusable element: the savings here may turn out to be imaginary, since the initial service life of such products is significantly shorter, and cleaning it properly (to a new state) is all it takes it will not succeed, and re-installation will lead to even faster clogging.
Therefore, the choice remains between a cheap ten-point dust filter and its carbon version, which provides better and more effective protection. If preventing foreign odors and volatile substances from entering the cabin is not important to you, purchasing a filter with a layer of activated carbon does not make sense, but if caring about the health (yours and your passengers) is not an empty phrase for you, it is better to fork out for the carbon option. Sequence of steps to install the adapter:
- We assume that you have already removed the old SF, preparing a springboard for the subsequent set of works;
- take a car vacuum cleaner and vacuum the air ducts within reach;
- carefully clean the place where we will install the adapter so that nothing interferes with it;
- before installing the adapter, check its tightness in a bath of water (if air bubbles are detected, the gap must be sealed);
- The contact points between the adapter and the car body should also be treated with automotive sealant (we strongly do not recommend using silicone sealants for this);
- After installing the adapter, we mount a rubber seal on top, which will protect the hood trim from mechanical damage;
- install a new cabin filter in the rear part of the adapter;
- We assemble the body parts in reverse order.
Those carbon filter elements that are installed on the VAZ-2110 have a good service life, comparable to the best foreign analogues (about 20,000-30,000 kilometers), therefore, from the point of view of saving money, this option is not much more expensive than using a conventional filter (the cost of which is approximately double lower, but the service life is noticeably shorter). So the choice here is obvious - a filter with a carbon layer allows you to protect the interior from the penetration of almost all harmful factors present in the atmospheric air.
