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It's (Not) Complicated (Engine Air Filter)

While many components of your vehicle are complex and composed of lots of mechanical and electrical parts, there's one that isn't complicated but still important.  It's your engine air filter. (A...
Published on: Feb 23, 2025

When it Comes to Air Filters, Change is Good (Clogged Air Filter)

Engine air filters may not seem like a big deal, but when they’re clogged up with dirt, dust, and insects, your engine could wind up choking for air and not delivering you the power and performa...
Published on: Feb 09, 2025

Simple Answers from Pacific Motor Service: Engine Air Filter

{{ image('MzQ5') }} Question:What's the harm in putting off replacing my engine air filter a little longer? Pacific Motor Service Answer:That's a fair question from Monterey drivers because the harm...
Published on: Jan 19, 2023

MAF Filter

Air and fuel are mixed together to be burned in your engine. You request how much of each you need by how hard you press on the accelerator, by going up or down a hill or by how much you are carrying ...
Published on: Jan 23, 2022

Engine Air Filter Basics for Monterey

Today in the Pacific Motor Service car care blog, we want to talk about your engine air filter. That's the filter that cleans the air before it's burned in your engine. Monterey residents wonder how o...
Published on: Jun 10, 2019

Engine Air Filter

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.  People wonder how often they should change their en...
Published on: Apr 14, 2019

Simple Answers from Pacific Motor Service: Engine Air Filter

Question What’s the harm in putting off replacing my engine air filter a little longer? Answer That’s a fair question because the harm takes a while to manifest.  Let’s take ...
Published on: Feb 08, 2017

Engine Air Filter

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 Monterey wonder how often they should change their engine air...
Published on: Jan 07, 2016