{"id":2646,"date":"2009-04-08T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T19:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2010-08-07T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T17:54:20","slug":"grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgrease-girl-talks-air-filters-101%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fgreasegirl.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2009%2F04%2Fsuc55551.jpg%3Fw%3D300&amp;description=Grease+Girl+Talks%3A+Air+Filters+101\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[2646]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" data-text=\"Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101\" data-desc=\"Now - I know that this is totally basic - but I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the air filter that came off my car today. Generally when I think of basic, routine car maintenance, I think \"oil, tire pressure, transmission fluid, and is anything leaking.\" As I was at the shop today (P.S.\" data-image=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/04\/suc55551.jpg?w=300\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><div id=\"attachment_238\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-238\" title=\"dirty air filter\" src=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/04\/suc55551.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"This sucker's dirty!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This sucker&#39;s dirty!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now &#8211; I know that this is <strong>totally<\/strong> basic &#8211; but I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the air filter that came off my car today. Generally when I think of basic, routine car maintenance, I think &#8220;oil, tire pressure, transmission fluid, and is anything leaking.&#8221;<br \/>\nAs I was at the shop today (P.S. I got the headliner completely finished and the new tranny in!&#8230;check back soon for those articles) I popped the hood to show off my engine (which is horribly dirty still from when the radiator blew&#8230;it was pointed out to me that a guy wouldn&#8217;t stand for the dirty-looking engine.)<br \/>\nSitting there shootin&#8217; the breeze, someone noticed my air filter, so we unscrewed the top and took it out. Evidently, the way to check if you need a new air filter is by holding it up to the light and seeing if any of the light shines through. Not counting the spots where there were holes in mine, there was absolutely no sunlight shining through this sucker. Handy to be offered not one, but two air filters (I love my shop guys!)&#8230;we exchanged the dirty one for a clean one. Changing this thing out is as simple as unscrewing a bolt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_239\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-239\" title=\"clean air filter\" src=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/04\/suc55549.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Shiny and new!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiny and new!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since I don&#8217;t know how often these things need changed, I looked it up and found <a title=\"From Yahoo Autos\" href=\"http:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/maintain\/repairqa\/air_filters_oil\/ques126_0.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">a helpful article online<\/a>. It says to change it every 20,000 to 30,000 miles (or when dirty). Although I&#8217;ve logged thousands of miles during Stude&#8217;s first year on the road &#8211; her mileage is much closer to 10,000 than 20,000. Something tells me that between the extra exhaust my engine spouts out combined with what I&#8217;m guessing is probably increased air intake due to increased engine size &#8211; my car&#8217;s air filter will need to be changed more often than the average car. Thank goodness my car&#8217;s not average!<br \/>\nTommy likened a dirty air filter to someone putting a cloth up to your mouth and telling you to breath. It would be hard. And the extra work makes for less-efficient fuel mileage &#8211; which I had been experiencing&#8230;AH-HAH&#8230;hopefully now I can get that extra 3-4 mpg back!<br \/>\nSo there it is ladies and gents&#8230;the low-down on air filters!<br \/>\nHappy Trails!<\/p>\n<p>-Grease Girl<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgrease-girl-talks-air-filters-101%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Grease+Girl+Talks%3A+Air+Filters+101\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/grease-girl-talks-air-filters-101\/\" data-text=\"Grease Girl Talks: Air Filters 101\" data-desc=\"Now - I know that this is totally basic - but I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the air filter that came off my car today. Generally when I think of basic, routine car maintenance, I think \"oil, tire pressure, transmission fluid, and is anything leaking.\" As I was at the shop today (P.S.\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Now &#8211; I know that this is totally basic &#8211; but I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the air filter that came off my car today. Generally when I think of basic, routine car maintenance, I think &#8220;oil, tire pressure, transmission fluid, and is anything leaking.&#8221; As I was at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1815],"tags":[544,2513,2512,255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11439,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/11439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}