Dens Cool Gear Air Filter & Cabin Filter

 

Just another round of changing filter for the engine and cabin. Both by Cool Gear instead of Toyota Original, which I personally love. Price is a bit more affordable. Bought it from Lazada and doesn't cost too much.

The reason I prefer Cool Gear instead of Toyota Original Parts is because there are too many fake and low quality OEM which carry the label of Toyota Original Parts and nobody will do a fake on Cool Gear as it is already a cheap alternative.

Why do a fake on a cheap OEM ?

Anyway, remember to change the air filter and cabin filter regularly as it is cheap and it just help the engine and cabin stay clean and healthy. Save some petrol too.

Denso Cool Gear Air Filter

When I bought the cabin air filter, I also bought the air filter from the same seller in Lazada, price wise is half of the original parts. Design is almost the same and the quality of the material is almost similar. A notable differences are the thickness of the filter. Cool gear filter a bit more thinner overall.

There are stamps of parts number on the front side of the filter instead of the side on the original parts. Original parts that I bought previously are Made in Thailand and the new is Made in China.

Differences between the old and new, dirty and clean air filter.

Denso Cool Gear Air Filter : 260300-0210 Product Made in China

Previous post on Air Filter :-
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2012/04/replacing-air-filter.html

Denso Cool Gear Cabin Air Filter

 

Do you feel that your air cond is not performing well and the air blown are weak ? Maybe it is time to change your cabin air filter. As you know, all the modern car come with cabin air filter to purify the internal air circulation and it is important to change the filter once a while to ensure optimum air circulation of the car.

In my previous post, I had changed the cabin air filter to Denso premium filter which cost quite a lot however, recently during my internet searching, I found that Lazada does sell cabin air filter by Cool Gear (Denso) for sale and it cost very much less than the original.

Cool Gear is a sub brand for Denso and it sell parts at the more affordable price and since the price is almost 2 or 3 times less than the original parts, I try it out and buy one online and get it delivered to me within a week. It does fit well after installation and out comes the old filter which is colour black rather green (Original).

I would recommend getting this parts rather than OEM as this parts are still manufactured by Denso subsidiary so quality wise should be better than OEM. For Malaysian, you can buy this via lazada and you can get some discount too with free delivery too.

Cool Gear part number : 145520-2520 Product Made in Korea

Previous post on Cabin Air filter :-
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2014/09/denso-carbon-filter.html
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2011/11/changing-air-cond-filter.html

Denso Carbon Filter

Up until now, my Isis had run around 70k and never had its air condition serviced, hence I decided to send it for a checkup and maintenance services. In the same time, the air cone filter were changed to a premium Denso filter as shown on the picture.

The filter element are green in colour and it doesn't have any smell to it. I am expecting some green tea smell but it just odourless.

Anyway, remember to service your air-cond every 2 year (maximum) regardless of mileage or 40k whichever earlier. Cost of repairing any parts on your air condition system are expensive based on experience.

Parts number for Denso filter : DCC1004 which will fit to Toyota Wish too.

Radiator changed in the nick of time

It is a great Raya holiday and I take this time to touch up the car, washing and cleaning the engine bay during this holiday, while wiping the engine bay and filling up water to the reservoir I found something funny on the radiator. Something look not right as it was colour red on certain spot of the radiator and after have a further view using a torch light I think I spotted a problem of leaking radiator.

The photo above show the location of the leak as colour red same as the coolant colour of Toyota. It is so bad that it somehow crystallised on the radiator. Then I started to get worry of using the car for long distance driving. I need to quickly replace it in order not to get stranded on the highway.

I send the car to the mechanics for a check and they informed me that the radiator need to be replaced and after a quick check with the his supplier, there are no stock and an order from Japan will need at least 1 month to reach. The cost is a mind blogging 2k. That is unacceptable to me and I think there should be a better way. I quickly contact Zul from SPT Autopart which specialised on cooling parts, via whatsapp he managed to confirm and get me an original Denso radiator half the price. I previously bought another radiator from him before, the response time are top notch and very efficient.

For those wanted to get the radiator can jot down this number 422173-2630 (Denso). This would be the part number for the radiator and it is a direct replacement on Toyota Isis.

Else you need to google the parts number by Toyota.

Replacing air filter

Do you know that using a clogged or dirty air filter will affect your fuel consumption ? Thats what happening to my car now. It clock 30k and I haven't change my air filter from day 1, so recently I went to my favourite spare part shop in Sentul and bought myself a Original Air Filter for Toyota Isis. I do expect that the air filter is the same parts as being used in the 1.8l Toyota Wish, after checking the parts catalogue the boss told me that it is the same. The air filter cost RM70.00 and made by Denso Japan. Parts number is 17801-22020.

I had snapped some photo of the before and after condition of the air filter. The darker on the top air filter is the original and replaced air filter while the bottom white colour is the new air filter. I yet to test the mileage I will get after changing this, but I expect some slight increase in power and mileage. For those who experience some drop in performance and mileage per tank, try to check your air filter and replace if necessary. Happy DIY.

Changing Air Cond Filter

Afte using Isis for a year, I think the air cond performance decreases maybe due to the air cond filter chocked with dust and dirt. So one day I open up my passenger side drawer and take out the filter to have a look, it was black and dirty. I remember take this out during the first day of owning the car 1 year ago that it is clean and white, never think it will change to this condition after 1 year.

To change the filter is easy, you just need to open up the drawer and remove the air cond filter holder and replace the filter only.
I bought a replacement filter from local denso supplier for around RM50.00 and replace it myself following the photo shown above. The filter that I bought are meant for Toyota Wish and I assume that it can be used in my Isis. The original filter were different because the side panel are square and thick, while the denso are thin.
Anyway the part number for this filter are :- 014520-0890