Parkway Auto Care

Every Berea car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty. Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your family car owner’s manual will have a recommendation of when to change the filter. Second, a visual inspection by your Berea technician may determine that your filter it is visibly dirty and needs to be changed.

So between your family car owner’s manual and your Berea technician’s inspection there’s really no guesswork involved.

Now, most air filters purchased in Berea don’t cost a lot to replace. It’s just that OH people hate getting caught with an unexpected expense. On the plus side, though, changing a dirty air filter at Parkway Auto Care can often save enough on gas to pay for itself before your next oil change.

Think about a dirty furnace filter in your North Ridgeville home. When it’s all clogged up, enough clean air can’t get through. In your family car, that means that your engine can’t get as much air as it needs to burn the fuel efficiently. So it makes do with less air and has to use more gas to move your vehicle around Berea roads.

Your family car actually needs about 12,000 gallons of air for every gallon of gas it burns. Engine air filters don’t cost much in Berea at Parkway Auto Care. When it’s time to change yours, just get it done. You’ll save money, have better performance and protect your engine.

Give us a call:

Parkway Auto Care
137 Front St
Berea, OH 44017

At Parkway Auto Care we install quality NAPA replacement parts. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.NAPAAutoCare.com.

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Today we want to talk about your engine air filter.

That’s the filter that cleans the air before it’s burned in your engine. Many people in Berea wonder how often they should change their engine air filter. The simple answer is ‘when it’s dirty’. That’s a function of how much air has passed through the filter, so your manufacturer will recommend a mileage interval for replacing the air filter. But you can imagine that how dirty the air is would affect how quickly the filter gets filled.

If you drive in Berea where there’s lots of dust, pollution or pollen, your engine air filter will get dirty more quickly and need to be changed sooner. That’s why we check the air filter with every full-service oil change at Parkway Auto Care. We can visually tell if the filter needs to be changed.

Your filter can only hold so much dirt. Once the filter is full, dirt will pass through to the engine. This dirt gums up the combustion chamber and hurts fuel economy and may cause damage. It can also contaminate the Mass Air Flow Sensor which will affect drivability and can be fairly expensive to replace.

A dirty air filter would also restrict the amount of air that gets to the engine which hurts fuel economy. We can replace your engine air filter with one that matches the factory specifications or you can upgrade your filter for enhanced performance.

So when your Berea OH service advisor at Parkway Auto Care shows you your dirty air filter, you know how important it is to get it replaced.

Stop by or give us a call if you have questions:

Parkway Auto Care
137 Front St
Berea, OH 44017
440.234.4990

At Parkway Auto Care in Berea OH we install quality NAPA replacement parts. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.NAPAAutoCare.com.