East County Automotive
68 SCHOUWEILER RD ELMA, WA 98541 | 360.482.5240

Replace Your Engine Air Filter At East County Automotive

Last Updated: Apr 30, 2019

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When driving around ELMA, your vehicle engine needs clean air to burn the fuel – and it needs a lot. In fact, a typical vehicle needs about 216,000 gallons (820,000 liters) of air for every tank of gas.

All that air passes through a filter that catches the dust and dirt. Eventually the filter gets completely full. Because the filter can only hold so much, dirt starts getting through. This dirty air passes through the mass airflow sensor and starts to accumulate on the delicate sensor element. The mass air flow sensor measures how much air is getting into your engine. When the airflow reading is incorrect, your vehicle engine doesn't get the proper amount of fuel. It runs rough and doesn't perform as well as it should.

Eventually, the sensor is so damaged it needs to be replaced – which is pricy. In fact you could buy a case or two of air filters for the cost of a sensor replacement.

Of course, that dirty air keeps on going through to your vehicle engine where it's burned along with the fuel. That dirties up your combustion chamber and increases harmful exhaust emissions - not a good thing for ELMA air quality, not to mention our lungs.

When your friendly and knowledgeable East County Automotive service advisor brings out your dirty air filter and recommends a replacement, remember the cost and poor performance that can be waiting for you down the road if you neglect this simple East County Automotive service. Ask your East County Automotive advisor if it's time to replace your engine air filter.

East County Automotive in ELMA has been providing quality auto repair services for ELMA for years.

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East County Automotive
360.482.5240
68 SCHOUWEILER RD
ELMA, WA 98541