How do you replace an air filter in a 2006 Toyota Sienna?

Answer 1

I bought an Air Quality filter (AQ1048) for 15.99 at Kragen.

Its sort of a pain because you have very little room for the rear. But you need

10mm socket

Ratchet

3 in extension.

Using the ratchet socket and extension loosen the bolt on the air filter box(big black box to the right of the silver "3.3 Liter V6" engine cover) until you can lift the bolt up and down freely.

Now remove the ratchet portion leaving only the extension and 10mm socket. now take the socket and extension and put them on the 10mm bolt in the rear portion of the air filter box. Now get the ratchet and attach it to the extension. Loosen the bolt until its hand loose. Remove the ratchet again from the socket and extension. and loosen the bolt all the way by hand with just the socket and extension. now you should be able to move the air box up and see the filter, while lifting on the edge of the box just enough to remove the filter remove it.

That's the easy part

now installing it is sort of a pain.

get the new filter and put it in the box(it will only go in one way as it has an extension on one of the corners that goes in the corner on the lower portion of the air box closest to the fender.

now reach your hand into the housing and using your wrist make it so its level and the maneuver the filter until it sits flat just like it should. now put the two holders into there slots in front(can be a pain) and then tighten the two 10mm bolts.

And your done. Its actually worth 59.95 if you have never done one as they can be a real pain if you don't do them everyday.