When it comes to your automotive maintenance, it’s important that you don’t neglect the filters. Filters not only improve the fuel efficiency in your automobile, but they also protect it and you. Auto Service Kingston is a full-service auto shop, and we’d be happy to inspect your vehicle’s filters and change them if they need it. Your car, truck, utility vehicle, or van has either three or four filters that need to be replaced on a regular basis. Let’s talk about what these filters are below.
Air
The engine uses an air filter to clean the air that flows into it. Once the air is free of contaminants, debris, and dirt, it is routed into the combustion chamber so the spark plugs can ignite it with the petrol. Dirty air flowing into the combustion chamber can contaminate it and create engine performance issues. A clogged air filter can also affect your ability to start your automobile. This filter needs to be changed every 19,000 kilometres.
Cabin
Your vehicle’s passenger cabin might also have a filter to purify the air that blows through the vents. Some automobiles have a permanent netting and others have a disposable filter that needs to be replaced every 48,000 kilometres. If you have noticed lately that you feel sluggish after driving your automobile, you end up with frequent headaches inside your car, or you otherwise feel ill, it’s possible that your cabin’s air filter is dirty.
Petrol
The petrol or fuel filter also needs to be changed every 48,000 kilometres. This filter is responsible for ensuring that your petrol is purified before it, too, is introduced into the combustion chamber. It is so important that all contaminants and sediment are removed from the fuel, that the filter actually runs the petrol through it twice. This double-filtering system makes certain that nothing makes its way into the combustion chamber other than the petrol.
Oil
Finally, the oil filter should be changed every 4,800 kilometres. This filter is inexpensive, so there’s no excuse not to change it when it needs it. It is usually changed during an oil change service to ensure that the oil is always purified as it runs through your engine. The oil filter cleans the debris that the oil picks up after it is done circulating through the engine and before it recirculates. Changing this filter when it needs it always ensures your motor oil is clean.
As we said above, Auto Service Kingston in Kingston ON, would be happy to take a look at your vehicle’s filters and change the ones that need it.