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Car Air Filter Questions and Answers
This category contains featured questions as examples. They relate to most vehicles.
 Question: 2004 Honda
Accord mileage: 34,000. I was driving my car
on the freeway and seemed low on power. Now
I know I should service my car a little more
often but time is tight. I work two jobs and
have four kids so money is tight also. I
took my car into the local garage. I
explained my problem to him and he had me
open my hood, after a couple of minutes of
looking around he announced that he had fond
the problem, a clogged air filter. Sure
enough I got back on the road after he
replaced it and the power is back!. My
question is how often should I change my air
filter?
Answer: The life of an
air filter is determined by environment
differences. A general rule of thumb is to
change it every time you change the oil to
be safe or every 3,000 to 4,000 miles.
Question: 2005 Honda
Civic (miles) 37,990 - I just replaced
factory air filter with a discount air
filter. What is the difference? can I really
hurt the motor with an inferior filter or is
it just a myth?
Answer: The difference
between OEM and aftermarket filters is
specifications. a. the micron count of the
material used. b. total filter
material surface area. Factory OEM air
filters use a smaller micron count to keep
dirt out. Performance air filters like KN
Air Filters are designed with hi flow
characteristics.
Question:
1998 Chrysler Town and Country 3.3 or 3.8
liter mileage: 45,000. In most cars/vans,
the air filter is the easiest item to
change. Unfortunately, I didn't find it that
easy on the 1998 Town & Country van. Short
of taking a hammer to the casing how do I
open the casing to change the filter? I
looked on-line for a manual that I could
reference but wasn't successful finding one.
Any help you can provide for this
embarrassing question would be appreciated.
Answer:
Replacing the air filter in your van is not
easy. Unfortunately, you cannot change the
filter with the housing (casing) still in
the car. The entire assembly must be removed
and disassembled to replace the air filter.
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