| Gas and fuel for your vehicle are expensive enough | | | | replacement costs. Some motorists even replace |
| without throwing your hard earned cash after tax out | | | | expendable routine items on a planned basis - just like |
| the windows. | | | | is done in maintaining aircraft. They use their owner's |
| A dirty air filter wastes a fair of gas and fuel | | | | manual as a general guide as when its time to replace |
| unnecessarily. Yet an air filter is something few drivers | | | | automotive parts figuring that its better to do it this |
| and automobile owners think of. Yet an air filter draws | | | | way and after all they are going to have to replace |
| a tremendous amount of air - up to 10,000 gallons of | | | | those auto and car parts at some point anyways. |
| air for each gallon of gasoline that your car uses for | | | | Generally most cars need a new air filter once a year |
| you to drive around - whether it be in town, the | | | | or every 15, 00 miles (24,000 km). It's always best to |
| freeway or on long automobile trip on your vacation. A | | | | refer to your vehicle's owner's manual as your best |
| dirty air filter is like a choked air filter in a vacuum | | | | reference. Of course if you are driving in very dusty |
| cleaner - it obstructs air flow. Hence less air can get | | | | areas or areas with a lot of grime, chemicals or grit in |
| through. More fuel than need be is pulled into your | | | | the air you should change the air filter more often. Ditto |
| engine resulting in excessive gasoline use and much | | | | that for certain seasons if you are involved in a given |
| lower miles per gallon (m.p.g.) for each expensive | | | | industry where more dust may be seasonal. For |
| galloon (or liter) of gasoline fuels that you buy when | | | | example during fall harvest time those in the farming |
| you fill up your tank. | | | | communities may encounter more dust in the air than |
| Not only that but your air filter "filters' and cleans that | | | | the rest of the year. The recommendations listed in the |
| vast amount of air that enters into your automotive | | | | owner's manual have been derived with a great |
| engine. Less dust and grit in the cleaner air flow will | | | | amount of expertise and experience by technical staff |
| result in not only less gasoline fuel fcsts for you but | | | | that is most qualified to know the vehicle and |
| also smooth running, fewer repairs and ultimately a | | | | recommend with great experience. It may be said that |
| longer life span for your vehicle, as opposed to running | | | | the manufacturer of the vehicle is there to sell parts to |
| with dirty - not clean air filters. | | | | their motorists and err on the side of caution. That is |
| Just like any home furnace filter, the air filter of our | | | | true. Yet it never hurts to be conservative and play it |
| vehicle - be it truck, SUV, car or van - must be | | | | safe. In the case of replacing an air filter or an oil |
| replaced with a new clean one when it's dirty. | | | | change these are generally not costly repair costs. |
| Preventive maintenance - that is replacing the air filter | | | | All in all it can be said that a dirty air filter costs you |
| before it even gets to that point is even better, | | | | money in fuel costs and maintenance costs for your |
| The air filter may have a cost to it but overall you will | | | | vehicle. Make it a point to change your air filter of your |
| be far ahead of the game with saving in fuel and | | | | vehicle early and often. |
| vehicle running and maintenance as well as potential | | | | |