12 Tips to Better Fuel Economy
Tip 6: Breathe Easier and Drive Further
Clean air filter allows your car to breathe easier and save fuel.
Hidden away, usually within a plastic mounted box is your car’s air filter. It filters and cleans the air that the car’s engine uses for combustion, protecting your engine from dirt, dust, particles and other imperfections in the air.
Over time the air filter will collect these imperfections, and this build up will lead to resistance of airflow and hence a reduction in the amount of airflow through to the engine. To compensate for the reduced airflow, the engine management system will make the mixture richer, using more petrol to keep the engine running smoothly.
Replacing the air filter regularly will improve the car’s fuel economy. Most car models recommend the air filter being replaced every service or every second service. Call 13 20 42 for your ACE Mobile Mechanics should your car be due for a service.
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