How to Changing the air filter

The car air filter affects consumption and engine life, and yourself can check its status or change in a few minutes by following these steps.

Guide to change the air filter car

The air filter is responsible to prevent dirt from entering the engine. Their role is important and does not work properly if dirt can enter the accelerating engine wear and increasing fuel consumption.

It is advisable to check the status of air filter every 6,000 km or 6 months (always take whichever comes first), and should be replaced between 12,000 and 18,000 km (8,000 to 12,000 miles) away, depending on the type of car and especially the level of air pollution.

Review it is very simple and can do it yourself.

Steps to change the air filter

• First you have to locate the air filter in the car engine that is usually contained in a black plastic box or cabinet. In new models usually rectangular and being located on the sides of the engine, near the headlights and wheels and generally rectangular. On older models, the air filter is located on the engine, on the top, and usually round. In both cases you should look for plastic cabinet.
• Once we located the container box to remove the air filter is inside. To do this remove the cap almost always secured by hooks or clips to be removed manually, in a few cases the cover is fastened with screws, in which case need a screwdriver to remove them. Already cover removed, we observed that the filter is located and extract it.
• The air filter is made ​​up of a paper with many folds. To control the filter cleaning must review the paper for dust, dirt, insects, etc..
• If dirt stains covers much of the paper preventing the entry of clean air to the engine's time to change the air filter by an identical, calls for the make and model of the car. If the filter is still able to use it, is convenient to clean injecting pressurized air from a distance that does not damage the paper in the opposite direction in the air through the paper to enter the engine.
• Finally took the air filter new or old conditions and we place it in the container box in the same position it was before removing (usually comes only one way), and we cover adjusting screws or placing hooks .