Posts Tagged ‘air’

Could A Dirty Cabin Air filter Ruin My Blower Motor?

Well I have never seen this before and I thought would share it with you.  In the picture for this post you see a blower motor from a Toyota. One day all of a sudden the blower motor for this vehicle stopped working on a cold New England winter day.  There is never a good […]

Jean K Asks: What Damage Can A Dirty Air Filter Do To Your Engine?

Well Jean on newer fuel injected engines you will notice a decrease in power with a dirty air filter. With an older vehicle that had a  carburetor you would notice poor fuel mileage. The biggest problem with a dirty air filter is

What Is An Idle Air Control Valve?

Sherry D brought a 2002 Honda Civic to my shop that she recently purchased. She told me that the car would not idle, the engine surged up and down constantly. She just purchased the car, and wanted to know if

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Karen M. Asks: Why Won’t My Air-conditioning Turn Off In My Car?

Karen told me that no matter what she tried cold air was blowing out of the floor vents in her car when she was driving home from work one day. What could cause this? Well after I

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Will The Air Conditioner In Your Car Work This Summer?

Usually what happens is it is the hottest day of the year,and Dad has the car fully packed for vacation and the air conditioning  does not work!  On top of that the shop you bring it to it having problems with their A/C charging station. Let me start off by first mentioning one of the […]

Can A Dirty Air Filter Reduce Fuel Mileage And Cause Engine Damage ?

Well with the cold weather that comes with winter you can expect a drastic drop in fuel mileage in itself. If you have a dirty air filter you can add approximately 15 to 20 % drop to that! You see it is all about air flow, that determines if  an engine can  run efficiently or not, it […]

Is your cabin air filter in your car dirty? Do you know if your vehicle has one?

I have made mention of what a cabin air filter is,and what it does in my book “If That Car Could Talk”. On page 129 I show an example of an unbelievably  dirty cabin air filter. The point I am trying to get across is most people do not realize that they are breathing the air that passes […]

Question: Dan M. Asks, “Where is the air going in my tires” ?

Well Dan you are definitely losing air from your tires, but where is it going? There are no nails or other objects in your tires causing a leak. Maybe there is someone secretly letting air out of your tires! I can tell you what the problem is and it is a very common condition, especially […]