When you are driving around town, your car engine needs clean air to burn the fuel – and it wants a lot. The truth is, a typical vehicle needs about 216,000 gallons of air for every single tank of gas.

Everything that air passes through a filter that catches the dust and dirt. Eventually the filter can get completely full. Because the filter can only hold so much, the dirt starts getting through. This dirty air passes through the mass airflow sensor and actually starts to accumulate in the delicate sensor element. The mass airflow sensor measures how much air is getting to your engine. As soon as the airflow reading is incorrect, your car engine doesn’t get the proper level of fuel. The engine runs rough and doesn’t perform as well as it should.

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

Needless to say, that dirty air keeps on going through in your engine where it is burned along with the fuel, which gets your combustion chamber dirty and increases harmful exhaust emissions – not a good thing for Denver air quality, in addition to our lungs.

If you neglect this simple Express Car Care service, once your Express Car Care service adviser reveals your dirty air filter and recommends a replacement, keep in mind cost and poor performance that can be waiting for you in the future. Ask your friendly service tech if it’s a chance to replace your engine air filter.

Express Car Care in Denver is providing quality auto repair services for auto owners for eleven years. Our specialties include transmission and brake service, windshield wipers, and tire rotation.