Knowing the filters in your automobile helps you stay on top of their maintenance. It’s important to maintain your automotive filters because if they get clogged, they can directly affect your fuel economy and engine performance. In the case of the cabin filter, a clogged one can also make you feel sick when you’re driving your automobile. Kauai Auto Repair can replace your filters when they need it. Here are the five filters found in most automobiles.
Air
Your car, truck, or C/SUV has an air filter in the engine. This filter cleans the air that flows into the engine from the outside. The air is used in the combustion chamber to generate combustion. The air filter needs to be changed every 12,000 miles. If the filter gets clogged, you will have engine performance problems such as sputtering and stalling.
Cabin
The cabin filter cleans the air inside the passenger cabin. As we mentioned above, if this filter gets dirty, you may start to feel sick every time you drive your automobile. The cabin filter should be changed every 30,000 miles; however, some filters need to be changed sooner than that. Check your owner’s manual to see if your vehicle is equipped with a cabin filter and, if so, when it needs to be changed.
Fuel
The fuel filter makes certain that the fuel is clean when it is routed to the combustion chamber. The fuel filter needs to be changed every 30,000 miles. A clogged fuel filter will affect the fuel delivery into the engine and could even prevent your engine from running. The fuel filter is so important that gasoline or diesel fuel runs through it twice to remove all of the contaminants.
Oil
The oil filter is easy because we change it every time we change your oil. Therefore, it is changed every 3,000 miles. If you use synthetic motor oil, it is changed at each oil change even though the duration between the oil changes is longer. The oil filter removes all of the dirt that the oil picks up as it circulates through the engine.
Transmission
Finally, if your automobile has a transmission filter, it will be specified in the owner’s manual. Generally, the transmission filter needs to be changed every 30,000 miles. This means we would change it at the same time we change the transmission fluid.
Kauai Auto Repair is the best auto service shop in Lihue, HI, so call us today for a vehicle filter check. We can replace any filters that are dirty and clogged.
