They're not made in China.

 

Mann is a great OEM supplier. I highly recommend them.

 

Visited the Mann plant in Germany nice operation as most places in DE.

 

According to FCPEuro, the Volvo filter is made in Germany. The Mann filter is made in Germany and FcpEuro lists it as OE quality. I suspect Mann is the OE manufacturer. FCPEuro lists all other filters as aftermarket quality.

 

Thank you very much for this. Too bad I can’t pick one up locally. Have to order online and with shipping it’ll actually cost more than ordering a Volvo branded filter on Amazon.

Why not order the Volvo branded filter instead?

 

Why didn't you order from FCP Euro? They have lifetime replacements.

Volvo Engine Air Filter - Genuine Volvo 31370089

Volvo Engine Air Filter - Genuine Volvo 31370089

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Lifetime replacements on air filters? Are you sure about that?

 

Is there a Volvo dealer near you? I’ve found that ordering OEM from the dealer sites can sometimes be cheaper, especially if you pick them up. I’ve ordered brakes, filters, spark plugs, batteries, and leather cleaner from a local dealer. And when I’ve found it on Amazon, it’s often from the same dealer.

100%. You just have to ship stuff back on your dime.

 

Also - probably not a huge issue for Volvo parts, but Amazon is littered with counterfeit Toyota parts.

 

It is a huge problem for all brands. It is even a huge problem for auto suppliers (Bosch, Denso, NGK, Mann, Mahle, etc.) I would never order parts from Amazon (or eBay) unless it is from the store within the Amazon store or from a verified dealer that sells parts on eBay. For example, Castrol oil from the Castrol store in Amazon, or Bosch spark plugs from the Bosch store within Amazon are fine. Rockauto and FCP Euro are my first choices.

 

Shop the Volvo dealers with a good online parts department. Find a good local car parts retailer that sells Mann or something comparable. Or just buy it at your local dealer.

 

I replace both after 10,000 miles. It’s not expensive and 5 minutes. For some reason they don’t like to replace engine air filters in the US. In Europe they replace them at 10-12,000 km and the cabin filter at 20,000 km. I don’t think that the air is so much cleaner here than in Europe. The clean air filter actually increases fuel economy.

 

I’ve never heard of a 2.0 getting dusted, so 40k seems to be working just fine. Imagine you’d want to cut that in half if driving in a lot of dusty conditions.

Both of my farm/work trucks get a new Napa Gold air filter every 20-30k+ miles (memory dependent) and they spend a lot of time in very dusty conditions thru the summer. The ‘08 gasser is at 425k miles and the ‘16 Cummins is at 145k…both get equally terrible mileage whether air filter is new or old.

Not saying you shouldn’t change it more often (it’s quick and cheap), but likely not really necessary.

 

I was blown away when i found out that spork plugs were being counterfeited. Amazon is trying to do a good job but their focus is not on auto part authenticity, they have much bigger fish to fry . I only buy auto parts from distributwrs that are in the direct supply parts channel from the manufacurers, like rockauto or even the local parts stores.

 

They are doing a terrible job. They have hundreds of same China made counterfeit products in every category. hundred of sellers selling the exact same product made in the same plant in China with Fake reviews, fake marketing that confuses people with “best seller” or the “most purchased “ making customer believe it’s the best but it’s only the best in a very specific category including color just make everything “best seller “

we return more things that we keep and only buy from them as sadly most companies have not returned after Covid making this the only choice in some categories.

 

What is consensus on using the BMC air filters that FCP sells and just cleaning them periodically? In my other vehicles/motorcycles I’ve just run k&n, twin air etc and simply cleaned and oil them when needed.

Volvo Engine Air Filter - BMC 31370089

Volvo Engine Air Filter - BMC 31370089

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