Your automobile is equipped with three or four filters that need to be changed regularly. The reason why we say three or four is that some vehicles do not have a cabin air filter. If you don’t have a cabin air filter, do not panic. The air that blows into your vehicle’s cabin is being filtered by netting that does not need to be replaced. Boulevard Auto Repair would be happy to change your automotive filters when they need them. Let’s talk about the filters below and the recommended change intervals.
Air
The air filter is located in the engine. This filter is responsible for keeping the air that is burned in the combustion chamber clean. Any air that makes its way into the combustion chamber flows through the air filter first to make sure that all dirt and debris is removed from it. On average, an air filter should be changed once a year or every 12,000 miles. A dirty air filter will not only affect your engine performance but also your vehicle’s fuel economy.
Cabin
If your car has a cabin filter, this air filter is responsible for keeping the air in your passenger cabin purified. It helps remove allergens, dirt, and even engine exhaust from the air so that you have clean air in the cabin all the time. This filter needs to be changed every 30,000 miles. A dirty cabin air filter can make you feel under the weather every time you drive your car. You may suffer from fatigue and headaches in particular.
Fuel
The fuel filter is important because it does for the fuel what the air filter does for the air. The fuel filter cleans the fuel twice before it makes its way into the combustion chamber to be burned. A fuel filter needs to be changed every two years or 30,000 miles, whichever comes first. A clogged fuel filter will cause engine performance issues including being unable to start your automobile in severe cases.
Oil
Finally, the oil filter is changed at every oil change. This makes sure that you always have a clean oil filter to purify the oil once it has flowed through the engine. As the oil makes its way through the engine, it picks up dirt and grime as well as heat. The oil filter cleans all of that dirt and grime out of the oil so that it is clean when it circulates through the engine again.
As we said above, Boulevard Auto Repair in Sherman Oaks, CA, would be happy to change your vehicle filters when they need it. Give us a call today.
