How to Change the Air Filter in Your Car

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A dirty air filter could reduce horsepower and reduce life of your car so its really important to change your air filter every 6 months.

Steps

1. 1
   Obtain the Air filter first before throwing out the old one.

   
   
2. 2
   Open your hood and look for the airbox, Check owners manual for the location of the airbox.
3. 3
   Once you found the airbox, there should be clamps or screws that seals the airbox closed.
4. 4
   Unscrew or unclamp the airbox so you can access air filter.
5. 5
   Pull the top cover open until the airfilter is accessible.
6. 6
   Once you get it open, remove the old air filter and compare its size and dimensions to the new one. (The new air filter should look exactly as the stock filter). Discard or Recycle old filter.
7. 7
   Place in the new air filter and make sure it fits snug and fits really well.
8. 8
   After placing the airfilter, reverse the steps of opening which means close the box up, reclamp or rescrew the box closed and shut the hood.

   
   

Tips

• If you don't know what filter you should by look for the model number on the stock filter and check on the store shelves for the EXACT filter.
• Changing your airfilter could extend gas mileage
• ALWAYS change your airfilter when recommended
• Change your airfilter every 10,000 miles
• Depend on the usage of your car, you might have to change your filter more frequently.
• Using a different type of airfilter material is much better than a regular cotton or paper filter because of airflow, materials like cotton gauss, or foam airfilters but its a bit more expensive.
• Depending on your cars manufacture a replacement airfilter could be hard to find off store shelves
• If you couldn't find a replacment airfilter off the store shelves, go to the dealer and they will get a replacement for you.
• Treat your car with a lot of care
• If you get confused and have too much trouble, visit a mechanic.

Warnings

• Never alter or mod the airfilter
• Always get the new part first before ruining the old part.
• Foreign objects or dirt that enters your engine is bad.

Things You'll Need

• New airfilter
• Screw driver if needed
• sources and citations;

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