Your car, truck, or utility vehicle has three to five filters in it. All vehicles have air, fuel, and oil filters in them. Many vehicles also have cabin air and/or transmission filters in them. Check your owner’s manual to see whether your automobile has a cabin air and transmission filter in it. Accurate Auto can change your filters when they need it. Let’s talk more about automotive filters below.
Air
As we said above, all automobiles have an air filter in the engine. This filter is designed to remove dirt, debris, and other contaminants from the air that flows into your engine from the outside. Your vehicle’s engine is a combustion engine, which means that it needs air to mix with fuel to be ignited. It’s important to change the air filter once a year or every 12,000 miles if you drive that distance first.
Cabin
If your automobile has a cabin air filter, this filter purifies the air before it blows into the passenger cabin. Don’t worry if your vehicle does not have a cabin air filter. There is permanent netting that also purifies the air. The mileage milestone at which a cabin air filter needs to be changed varies greatly, so check your owner’s manual to see the specific recommendation.
Fuel
Your car, truck, or utility vehicle definitely has a fuel filter, and this filter must be changed every 30,000 miles. For those who don’t do a lot of driving, plan to change your fuel filter every two years. The fuel filter must be clean so it can remove the contaminants from your gasoline or diesel fuel. Even the most expensive fuel has contaminants and sediment and it.
Oil
The oil filter is changed automatically when you get your engine’s oil changed. As such, the oil filter is changed on average every 3,000 miles. It’s crucial that the oil filter gets changed regularly to avoid dirt and contaminants in the motor oil. Dirty motor oil can damage your engine beyond repair.
Transmission
Finally, if your automobile has a transmission filter, this filter is usually changed when the transmission fluid is flushed out of the transmission. A transmission fluid flush and refill are recommended every 30,000 miles to keep the transmission oil clean, fresh, and capable of doing its job.
Accurate Auto has three auto shop locations in Oregon. Call the shop closest to you for expert automotive service and repair. Part of that expert service and repair is changing your automotive filters when they need it.