They say that you should change your car's air filter every 30,000 miles. Some even say that you should change it every 24,000! That is a lot of money that you are going to have to pay out to the mechanics every time you need that changed. The good news is that if you own a Toyota, then it is easy to do yourself. In fact, if you choose to change your Toyota's air filter yourself, you can change it more often. This is good if you live around things like road construction that goes on a lot. No matter what kind of Toyota you have, whether it's a Yaris or a Highlander, you can bet that you will be able to change the air filter yourself!
Getting Started
Whenever you are about to start changing your air filter, it's a good idea to turn off your car, and let it cold down if you have been driving it. To do this, park your car and pop your hood. This will allow the car to cool down a lot faster. Now, after you do that, you need to locate your air filter housing, and remove the cap. Depending on the type of Toyota you have, the housing could be located in different spots. Check your owner's manual if you find yourself having problems. After locating the housing, you are going to notice that the top of it is held in place with a metal clamp. This can be easily removed if you pry it off with a flat head screwdriver. If yours is held on by a screw, you, of course, want to unscrew it before trying to pry it off.
After getting it open, it will be time to remove the old air filter and discard it. This is something that you can do without having to do any kind of special discarding rules. After you take out the old filter, you may notice things like dirt and debris caught up in the filter housing. It is a good idea to clean this kind of stuff out. Of course, you cannot allow any kind of debris to enter into your throttle, nor can you allow it to get into your carburetor. After all, that is why the filter is there in the first place. After cleaning it, you will be able to install the new air filter into the filter housing in the same spot you took the old one out of. At this point, you are going to simply want to go back in reverse of what you did. You are going to want to close back up the housing, put the clamp back on, and put the screw back in it if there was one holding it in place.
Your New Car Filter
After that, you are done. It's a good idea to start up your car and make sure that everything sounds normal. Make sure that you return all screws to the right location and so on. The overall problem that a lot of people have doing this is that they allow dirt to get into the engine. This can cause very bad damage to your whole car. In fact, this can ruin your car. Thus, above all else, you have to make sure that you do not allow anything to get into your engine. Clean the area behind the filter good. As soon as the car is turned on, it is going to start sucking in air from that area. That means that if there is anything in the way, it is going to get sucked in there. That is why the air filter is a very vital part to your car. Overall, this is a very easy thing to do, and most people can do this even if they are not good at working on cars. Just make sure that if you are the one changing the filter, you are changing it every 30,000 miles or so.
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