Your car, crossover, SUV, truck, or van has three or four filters that need to be changed regularly. These filters are designed to improve your engine’s performance, protect the engine, and protect you. Journey Auto Repair is your one-stop auto service shop for all of your automotive maintenance and repair needs. It doesn’t matter what you drive; we can fix it. Let’s talk about automotive filters below, what they do, and when they need to be changed.
Air Filters
The first air filter that your automobile has is the engine air filter. This is a crucial auto part that prevents dirt and contamination from making their way into your vehicle’s combustion chamber. The air filter cleans the air that flows into the engine, and you can bet that this air is filled with dirt and road debris. This is why it’s important to change this filter every 12,000 miles or annually. Failure to do so will result in engine performance issues and poor gas mileage.
As we said in the introduction, your vehicle may have three or four filters, and the reason why we said this is that some vehicles have a cabin air filter and other vehicles don’t. If your automobile does have a cabin air filter, this filter needs to be changed every 30,000 miles to ensure the air blowing into the passenger cabin is always clean and free of contamination.
Fuel Filter
Another filter that can affect your engine’s performance and gas mileage is the fuel filter. This filter removes dirt and sediment out of the diesel fuel or gasoline before it is pushed into the engine by the fuel pump. This filter cleans the fuel twice to make absolutely certain there is nothing in the fuel that can damage the pistons and cylinders. It’s important to change this filter every 30,000 miles. You can also change it every two years if you haven’t driven 30,000 miles within that timeframe.
Oil Filter
Finally, the oil filter cleans the oil after it has circulated through the engine. The reason why it filters after rather than before is that the oil picks up dirt as it flows through the engine and lubricates moving parts. This dirt must be cleaned from the oil before it circulates through the engine again. The oil filter is changed during an oil change service, so every 3,000 miles.
Journey Auto Repair is the best auto service shop in New Hope MN, and you can give us a call today to schedule an appointment for a vehicle filter check and replacement.