The cabin air filter is the filter that keeps the air fresh inside your car, truck, or utility vehicle. You may not have this filter, however. You may have permanent netting that filters the air. If you do have a cabin air filter, your owner’s manual will specify that you do and recommend when it needs to be changed. United Auto Care advises that this is generally every 30,000 miles. This being said, some cabin air filters need to be changed much sooner. Let’s talk about the other filters in your car, as well.
Air
The air filter ensures that only clean air is introduced into the combustion chamber. This filter takes the outside air that flows into the engine and removes all of the contaminants, including dirt and grime. It’s important to have a clean air filter for optimal engine performance and fuel economy. As such, the general recommendation is to change the air filter every 12,000 miles. You should never go longer than a year without changing the air filter.
Fuel
As with the air that makes its way into the combustion chamber, the fuel must also be purified. The fuel filter makes certain this happens by filtering the fuel twice. This ensures there is nothing foreign in the fuel before it is burned. Changing the fuel filter every 30,000 miles is crucial to your engine performance. You should not go any longer than two years without changing your fuel filter. A clogged filter may prevent you from starting your automobile.
Oil
Naturally, the oil filter purifies the oil, but how does the oil get dirty? As you know, the oil is clean when it is poured into your engine. The oil gets dirty as it circulates through the engine because one of its jobs is to pick up the grime along the way. The oil filter ensures that all of the grime is removed from the oil before it circulates through the engine again.
Transmission
Finally, your vehicle may or may not have a transmission filter. Check your owner’s manual for clarification. If it does have a transmission filter, we bet the recommendation to change it is every 30,000 miles. This is when the transmission fluid is changed, as well.
United Auto Care in Flowery Branch, GA, is here to make sure that your automobile always has clean filters in it. Call us today to schedule an appointment if you believe your filters need to be changed.
