rtv1100 poor design of ac recirculate filter.

Hersheyfarm · Oct 29, 2020

Changing my ac filters yesterday I notice the inside cab filter allows major dust intrusion into the system. Its not sealed and just sits in front of the recirculating opening. I don't use recirculate but its not a sealed filter and if the door doesn't shut all the way or the foam seal wears out it sucks dust from the floor. In my case it gets pretty dirty this time of year so plenty of dust available. I plan to permanently seat it off but I would like to clean my evaporator and ducts. anybody tackled this?

There is no problem with ac this is just an issue I just noticed. The main filter under the hood seals pretty good. There is dust inside the duct so I know its made it to the evaporator.

Hersheyfarm · Oct 31, 2020

So I removed the actuator door and sealed the recirculating opening. It’s ignorant. The door does not seal at all when its closed and filter just sits in front op opening, no seal whatsoever. You can see the door in my pics but I vacuumed it before I took it apart. It was completely covered in dust. I removed the duct and sealed it off temporarily with cardboard and zip systems tape(good stuff). My hvac is now running solely from the filter under the hood that seals good. Flow seems a little lower as I suspect the great hvac of the rtv1100 relies on recirculating. If thats the case I intend on making a filter mount for recirculate opening.