billssr5
Well-Known Member
Needing a new CAF for my truck and usually get a DENSO FTF caf from HOMEDEPOT online for about $11.50 plus tax this year they are now $14+ tax, so i remembered some DIY versions from the TW taco site and decided to try it out using this cut yo fit furnace filter with 8 MERV Rating, doing a little GOOGLE search auto CAF are between 6-13 MERV, 13+ being restrictive. So bought this at LOWES https://www.lowes.com/pd/Purafilter...r-Cut-To-Fit/5005841503?gStoreCode=1046&gQT=1 I found an opened package one they sold it to me for $6.10
so here are some pictures.
Now on to my findings, i sandwiched the new filter together and used ordinary twisties from the supermarket on all 4 corners,stuck it in the truck turned on the AC full blast at the last setting and it sucked the rear end of the filter down but very close to the fan, hmmmm
so I put the old DENSO back inand tested it at full blast AC and the center of the paper was also sucked even more down toward the fan than the DIYed one hmmmmmmmmm, the 5-8 pictures show the before and the after of both filters being at full blast. This AC has very high suction on the 2nd highest and highest fan setting with the recirculation on. is this normal that it sucks on that filter like that? never really paid no mind till i made this DIY filter and tested it in the truck with the CAF door down to see in there. not quite sure if this is a normal thing, ive seen that the highly restrictive HEPA filters actually collapse in Tacos because the air pushs them down trying to get thru, mine 2 didnt collapse but were definetly sucked downward when at the 2 highest blaster settings with recirculation, the air came out very good with the new DIY CAF no doubt, just little concerned with the suction.
so here are some pictures.Now on to my findings, i sandwiched the new filter together and used ordinary twisties from the supermarket on all 4 corners,stuck it in the truck turned on the AC full blast at the last setting and it sucked the rear end of the filter down but very close to the fan, hmmmm
so I put the old DENSO back inand tested it at full blast AC and the center of the paper was also sucked even more down toward the fan than the DIYed one hmmmmmmmmm, the 5-8 pictures show the before and the after of both filters being at full blast. This AC has very high suction on the 2nd highest and highest fan setting with the recirculation on. is this normal that it sucks on that filter like that? never really paid no mind till i made this DIY filter and tested it in the truck with the CAF door down to see in there. not quite sure if this is a normal thing, ive seen that the highly restrictive HEPA filters actually collapse in Tacos because the air pushs them down trying to get thru, mine 2 didnt collapse but were definetly sucked downward when at the 2 highest blaster settings with recirculation, the air came out very good with the new DIY CAF no doubt, just little concerned with the suction.
