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When you go to have the routine maintenance on your car completed, you may have been asked if you want your air filters changed. Your first thought is probably, “Do my air filters need to be changed?” or “How long can I wait in between changing air filters?” To answer if your air filters need to be changed, it’s good to investigate your owner’s manual and your driving conditions to answer that question. Until you know why or what the benefits of changing your air filters are, you will never see value in it. That’s what Master Auto Repair in St. Louis, MO and Collinsville, IL is here for! 

Benefits of Replacing Your Automotive Air Filters

1. You will get better gas mileage. This will save you money, and keep your car running at max performance because it's getting more air flow to the engine. Without the proper air flow, your car isn’t getting the air it needs to burn the fuel. 
2. You will reduce your emissions. Due to the lack of air flow to your engine when you fail to change your air filters, you start to choke it. The failure to have the correct air/fuel mixture and can cause major issues. 
3. Protecting your engine. This goes back to asking yourself, “What does an air filter do?” Your air filter is keeping harmful dirt and contaminants from getting to your engine. Failure to replace your air filters will start allowing debris to reach your engine. We all know you don’t want anything near or inside of your engine that isn’t supposed to be there. 

Visit Master Auto Repair for Quality Air Filter Replacements!