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CarsDoes Your Car’s Air Filter Need Replacing?
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(ARA) How nice are you simply about ever-changing your vehicle’s air filter? The owner’s manuals in most cars and trucks recommend you check the filter -- which is designed to trap dirt and contaminants before they reach your engine -- every time you get an oil change, and replace it whenever it’s dirty or has been driven 20,000 miles, whichever comes first. For folk who on a regular basis
driving on dirt or sand roads, that could be every 5,000 miles, but not everyone makes it in a timely fashion.
If it’s too dirty, the air filter won’t trap dirt particles, which can damage engine cylinders, walls, pistons and piston rings, severely impacting fuel economy and engine performance. An inefficient engine can cause air pollution. The situation has gotten so bad in several states, they now require vehicles to pass engine emissions tests to stay on the road. In galore cases, drivers find out their vehicle’s failing because of a dirty air filter.
Visteon, one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world, has move up with a resolution that wish ensure you ne'er
have a dirty filter again. The Long Life Filtration System is a fully sealed air induction system designed to move out contaminants from engine intake air piece providing noise control with borderline power loss. It contains a reticulated, or networked foam filter, designed to last much than 150,000 miles under normal use. Ford is the 1st automobile manufacturer to offer the new high-tech air filter as standard instrumentality in two of its 2005 models: the F150 and Focus.
“This technology saves space in the engine compartment because it can be placed in another area of the vehicle, such as simply behind the instrument panel. It saves consumers time and money because it doesn’t require routine maintenance,'' says Greg Green, an engineering supervisor in Visteon's powertrain product line team.
Not only makes the system save consumers money, it helps the environment. The filters reduce phase change emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect, and save lowland
space because they don’t need to be replaced as often. They are ready-made of 100 percentage recycled materials that are reclaimable themselves.
If you don’t have one of the new Ford F150s or Focuses, and still need to replace your air filters, here are several things you should support in mind:
* To determine whether your air filter inevitably to be replaced, simply lift it out (it isn't fastened down) and hold it up to the sun or to a strong light. If you can’t see light streaming through it, try dropping it lightly, bottom side down, on a hard surface. Doing so should jar several dirt loose. If the filter is still too dirty to see through after you've born
it a few times, you need a new one.
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purchasing an air filter, look for well-known, quality-brand filters; you can often get them quite cheaply at discount stores. Unknown brands sell for really little, but they aren't always of nice quality, and if your air filter lets a lot of junk get into your carburetor, you may find that a cheap filter is really costly in the long run. If you need help crucial which air filter is the one you need, go to your local car supply store or to the parts department at your dealership. Give them your vehicle's make, model, and year. Do sure that the filter you get matches your old filter in size and shape. If it doesn't, you've been oversubscribed the wrong filter for your car.
* If you decide to change the filter yourself, always do so with the engine off, and ne'er
start or run the engine with the air filter out of place. Most filters can be easily replaced by removing snap clips, a clamp or several screws. Do sure you use the filter fixed for your car’s engine; do not try to do a filter fit. An improperly fitting filter can allow unfiltered air into the engine, causation engine damage.
These tips are from the experts at www.dummies.com, and were altered from the book, Car Repair for Dummies. To discover much simply about the Long Life Filtration System from Visteon, log on to www.visteon.com.
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