Dave's Auto Repair

Your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru engine really needs clean air to operate efficiently: it takes about twelve thousand gallons of air to burn a gallon of gas in your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru engine. And clean air is much better than dirty.

When your air filter’s dirty, it simply can’t trap any more dirt, so the dirt just passes through into your air intake system. From there it can get into the Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru engine combustion chamber. And burning dust and pollen in your engine as you drive around Petaluma does you no good.

The verdict: When your engine air filter needs to be replaced; it needs to be replaced. How often depends entirely on how dirty the air is in Petaluma where you drive. A simple visual inspection by a Considerate Dave’s Auto Repair technician will tell you when you need a new engine air filter in your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru.

When you look at the air filter on your furnace in your Petaluma home and see it’s all clogged up with dust and dirt, you don’t hesitate to replace it. But don’t wait until your air filter (furnace or automobile) is totally plugged – by that time you’ve been running inefficiently in Petaluma for a lot of miles.

When your Dave’s Auto Repair service technician brings out your nasty engine air filter, you now know why you should go ahead and change it out.

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Dave’s Auto Repair
707.763.8365
1911 Bodega Avenue
Petaluma, California 94952

At Dave’s Auto Repair in Petaluma California (94952) we install quality NAPA replacement parts. Give us a call at 707.763.8365. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.NAPAAutoCare.com.

Every Petaluma 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 Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru owner’s manual will have a recommendation of when to change the filter. Second, a visual inspection by your Petaluma technician may determine that your filter it is visibly dirty and needs to be changed.

So between your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru owner’s manual and your Petaluma technician’s inspection there’s really no guesswork involved.

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

Think about a dirty furnace filter in your Novato home. When it’s all clogged up, enough clean air can’t get through. In your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru, 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 Petaluma roads.

Your Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, Subaru actually needs about 12,000 gallons of air for every gallon of gas it burns. Engine air filters don’t cost much in Petaluma at Dave’s Auto Repair. 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:

Dave’s Auto Repair
1911 Bodega Avenue
Petaluma, California 94952

At Dave’s Auto Repair we install quality NAPA replacement parts. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.NAPAAutoCare.com.

The following Engine Air Filter video is presented by Dave’s Auto Repair:

The following Engine Air Filter animation is presented by Dave’s Auto Repair:

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 Petaluma 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 Petaluma 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 Dave’s Auto Repair. 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 Petaluma CA service advisor at Dave’s Auto Repair 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:

Dave’s Auto Repair
1911 Bodega Avenue
Petaluma, CA 94952
707.763.8365

At Dave’s Auto Repair in Petaluma CA we install quality NAPA replacement parts. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.NAPAAutoCare.com.