biker349

hi, i've ordered a cabin air filter, charcoal filter and engine air filter for my 2004 cl600 bi-turbo. can anyone shed some light on proper removal and installation instructions. i haven't been able to find this anywhere.
although i found two ways to replace the cabin air filter. one says to remove the box on the drivers side cowl in the engine compartment and replace the filters from there. another says to go through the glove compartment with very poor instructions. any feed back would be appreciated. haven't been able to find anything about the charcoal filter, or the engine air filter.

slonar21

For cabin filters you need to remove the glove compartment, 4 screws (2 top 2 bottom in the glove box), then pull gently until you can very carefully unclip the light and the release cable.

For the charcoal you need to remove the under panel in the passenger foot well, this one is black plastic, no screws as I remember just pull or push to slide it out a bit, it is really far down there, it would be on top of your toes if sitting in the passenger side...

slonar21

I just remembered, be careful, you might have an aux input on the outer side of the glove boxe/dash, open the small panel on the side of the dash with a credit card or something and unplug the wire.

biker349

thanks for the response it is very helpful. i just tried to change the engine air filter. on my 2004 there are 3 screws on each side of the cover. it appears if you remove these screws the plastic cover should slide out sideways on each side to remove and replace the filters. i tried this and the cover had some play in it, but wouldn't slide out. can you give me some needed help on the engine air filter replacement for a 2004 twin-turbo cl600.
thanks!!!!

biker349

replaced engine air and cabin filter. very easy when you know what your doing. on 2004 cl600 engine air filter pull up on center v of plastic cover. you may need to bend the metal connector on the rear of the cover. pull up carefully to disengage cover, remove i believe 7 torx bolts on each side to remove and replace filter. cabin filter, in glove compartment remove light, remove 2 srews next to light, pull up 2 rubber grommets on floor of glove compartment, remove underlying screws and pull out glove box, open filter compartment inside compartment, slide out old filter and replace.
haven't checked for the charcoal filter yet.