Hello fellow bloggers, hope all of you had a great weekend! The weather is starting to warm up outside and so is my spirit. This week we are going to be back on track and be talking about cars, my favorite subject. Specifically we are going to be talking about how to change and clean filters for an air intake on your vehicle. Note, an air intake filter is different from a standard air filter on a stock vehicle.

HOW TO CHANGE AIR-INTAKE FILTER

The only tools you should really need is a flat-head screw-driver and a socket wrench with the correct size socket. The only parts you should need is a hose clamp, with a flat head bolt and bolts for the socket that holds the shield on. First, you are going to want to take the shield off with your socket wrench. There are usually three bolt that you have to take off, and they are located next to the hose clamp (righty tighty, lefty loosy). You may only have to take one bolt off to be able to move the shield freely from the air filter The hose clamp should be located at the very bottom of the air-intake filter. To loosen the hose clamp, take your flat head screw driver and turn the bolt left. BE CAREFUL though, do not loosen the bolt to much, or it will come off the track. Next, you should be able to wiggle the head of the filter and the clamp with your hands off the air-intake shaft. It should come off fairly easy…If it doesn’t you might have to loosen the hose clamp bolt more or completely take off the shield.

HOW TO CLEAN THE AIR-INTAKE FILTER…

Depending on the brand of the air filter, you may or may not have to use special cleaner but I always recommend that you do use some type of cleaner. Take your cleaner and spray the air intake outside and inside. It only takes about 7-10 squirts for each side to be completely covered in cleaner. After using the cleaner, run hot water through the air intake if you can, cold water is also okay. Make sure you get the cleaner completely out and you will know when it is out by looking at the color of the water coming off the air intake. Let the air intake dry in the sun until it is completely dry before putting it back on. I like to clean my air intake every time I change my oil.

ASSEMBLY BACK TOGETHER.

Before you put that air filter back on you may want to find out if you need to oil the filter. Some brands have oil already in them but if your washing it the oil is going to come out also. I recommend you get the oil brand for the type of air filter you have. Then you just have to work backwards from taking it off and make sure everything is on tight. The air intake should not move when you put force on it but you also don’t want it to tight and snap off the bolts or break the hose clamp.

Changing air filters on your car is easy and if you do not know how to, it only take a little bit of effort and some handwork to figure out. It is a lot easier then changing motor oil in my opinion and probably is one of the easier things you can change out on your vehicle. If you want to learn more about air filters you can check out my other post and I should have 2 other post that go into detail about air intakes and other hand things for your vehicle. Thank you for reading have a great week!