1. Change Engine Air Filters
What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Car’s Air Filter?
If you leave your engine air filter to clog up, it begins to act less like a filter and more like a blocked airway. Here’s what happens:
What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Car’s Air Filter?
If you leave your engine air filter to clog up, it begins to act less like a filter and more like a blocked airway. Here’s what happens:
- Your engine must work harder to get enough clean air into the chamber to complete the combustion cycle. Attempting to pull air through the restricted filter can create a vacuum effect and it’s possible for particles to get sucked through the filter and in turn damage internal components.
- Because of the engine’s suffocating state, a dirty air filter can also cause it to consume more fuel than it would with a clean one, causing a reduction in overall fuel efficiency.
- If your filter is saturated with dirt, you may experience a lack of power under hard acceleration.