Showing posts with label Air Cleaner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air Cleaner. Show all posts

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Car Air Filter - Clean It

Gas and fuel for your vehicle are expensive enough without throwing your hard earned cash after tax out the windows.
A dirty air filter wastes a fair of gas and fuel unnecessarily. Yet an air filter is something few drivers and automobile owners think of. Yet an air filter draws a tremendous amount of air – up to 10,000 gallons of air for each gallon of gasoline that your car uses for you to drive around – whether it be in town, the freeway or on long automobile trip on your vacation. A dirty air filter is like a choked air filter in a vacuum cleaner – it obstructs air flow. Hence less air can get through. More fuel than need be is pulled into your engine resulting in excessive gasoline use and much lower miles per gallon (m.p.g.) for each expensive galloon (or liter) of gasoline fuels that you buy when you fill up your tank.



Not only that but your air filter “filters’ and cleans that vast amount of air that enters into your automotive engine. Less dust and grit in the cleaner air flow will result in not only less gasoline fuel fcsts for you but also smooth running, fewer repairs and ultimately a longer life span for your vehicle, as opposed to running with dirty – not clean air filters.
Just like any home furnace filter, the air filter of our vehicle – be it truck, SUV, car or van – must be replaced with a new clean one when it’s dirty. Preventive maintenance – that is replacing the air filter before it even gets to that point is even better,
The air filter may have a cost to it but overall you will be far ahead of the game with saving in fuel and vehicle running and maintenance as well as potential replacement costs. Some motorists even replace expendable routine items on a planned basis – just like is done in maintaining aircraft. They use their owner’s manual as a general guide as when its time to replace automotive parts figuring that its better to do it this way and after all they are going to have to replace those auto and car parts at some point anyways.
Generally most cars need a new air filter once a year or every 15, 00 miles (24,000 km). It’s always best to refer to your vehicle’s owner’s manual as your best reference. Of course if you are driving in very dusty areas or areas with a lot of grime, chemicals or grit in the air you should change the air filter more often. Ditto that for certain seasons if you are involved in a given industry where more dust may be seasonal. For example during fall harvest time those in the farming communities may encounter more dust in the air than the rest of the year. The recommendations listed in the owner’s manual have been derived with a great amount of expertise and experience by technical staff that is most qualified to know the vehicle and recommend with great experience. It may be said that the manufacturer of the vehicle is there to sell parts to their motorists and err on the side of caution. That is true. Yet it never hurts to be conservative and play it safe. In the case of replacing an air filter or an oil change these are generally not costly repair costs.
All in all it can be said that a dirty air filter costs you money in fuel costs and maintenance costs for your vehicle. Make it a point to change your air filter of your vehicle early and often.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Free Tips on How To Get That Bad Smell Out Of Your Vehicle

Keeping up with our daily responsibilities and chores can be quite the task. It usually involves work, cleaning and time. Things that we don't like to do very much. However, it is important that we keep up with all of our chores and responsibilities. For example keeping our vehicle clean is important. If we do not keep our vehicles clean we can run into more problems. One problem that you may encounter from not keeping your vehicle clean is that a bad smell may appear in your vehicle. So, what can you do to try to get rid of a bad smell?
You should start by taking all the trash out of your vehicle, also take out anything that does not belong there. A smell may be being caused by an old bag of food, smelly clothes, or anything else that may have been forgotten in your vehicle. It may take a little time, but once the bag is gone the smell will eventually leave also.
Next you should vacuum your vehicles mats, carpets and seats. This will help remove any smells that may be being caused by something on them.



You can try to put an air freshener of some sort in your vehicle.
Sometimes this will help, and sometimes it will only cover it for a short time. Also make sure to choose an air freshener that is mild. An air freshener that is too strong may be just as bad as the bad smell. You can also try products like febreze and oust to help get rid of any smells.
If the smell is coming from a stain in your carpets or upholstery you should clean the stain to the best of your ability with a stain removing cleaner that is meant for upholstery. Make sure you do a test spot in a unnoticeable spot first. If spot cleaning the stain does not work you may want to get your carpets steam cleaned or steam clean them yourself. This should really lift the stains and smell out.
After you have tried all of these options, you can also let your vehicle simply "air out". Leave your windows down or the doors open so that fresh clean air is breezing through and carrying the bad smell away. It is not a fast process, but it usually works.
If you do not want to deal with or you are having trouble getting the smell out there is another option. You can get your vehicle professionally detailed. A professional auto detailer will clean your vehicle from the inside out. They have the tools and products to not only get your vehicle looking great but also smelling great. They should be able to get rid of any smells you may have and any other concerns you have for your vehicle. Getting your vehicle detailed professionally will not take long.
You don't have to live with the bad smells in your vehicle anymore, a professional auto detailer help your vehicle look and smell great!

How To Get That Bad Smell Out Of Your Vehicle

Keeping up with our daily responsibilities and chores can be quite the task. It usually involves work, cleaning and time. Things that we don't like to do very much. However, it is important that we keep up with all of our chores and responsibilities. For example keeping our vehicle clean is important. If we do not keep our vehicles clean we can run into more problems. One problem that you may encounter from not keeping your vehicle clean is that a bad smell may appear in your vehicle. So, what can you do to try to get rid of a bad smell?
You should start by taking all the trash out of your vehicle, also take out anything that does not belong there. A smell may be being caused by an old bag of food, smelly clothes, or anything else that may have been forgotten in your vehicle. It may take a little time, but once the bag is gone the smell will eventually leave also.
Next you should vacuum your vehicles mats, carpets and seats. This will help remove any smells that may be being caused by something on them.



You can try to put an air freshener of some sort in your vehicle.
Sometimes this will help, and sometimes it will only cover it for a short time. Also make sure to choose an air freshener that is mild. An air freshener that is too strong may be just as bad as the bad smell. You can also try products like febreze and oust to help get rid of any smells.
If the smell is coming from a stain in your carpets or upholstery you should clean the stain to the best of your ability with a stain removing cleaner that is meant for upholstery. Make sure you do a test spot in a unnoticeable spot first. If spot cleaning the stain does not work you may want to get your carpets steam cleaned or steam clean them yourself. This should really lift the stains and smell out.
After you have tried all of these options, you can also let your vehicle simply "air out". Leave your windows down or the doors open so that fresh clean air is breezing through and carrying the bad smell away. It is not a fast process, but it usually works.
If you do not want to deal with or you are having trouble getting the smell out there is another option. You can get your vehicle professionally detailed. A professional auto detailer will clean your vehicle from the inside out. They have the tools and products to not only get your vehicle looking great but also smelling great. They should be able to get rid of any smells you may have and any other concerns you have for your vehicle. Getting your vehicle detailed professionally will not take long.
You don't have to live with the bad smells in your vehicle anymore, a professional auto detailer help your vehicle look and smell great!

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Motor Vehicle Passenger Compartment Air Cleaner

1. An air filtration device for use in vehicles with air outlet located in the dashboard fascia of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, composed of: an air filter that takes air input and output sides, said the filter more having one or more bezels located in that side air entry, so that said bezels adjoin said air inlet side of the air filter for that dashboard fascia around the outer perimeter of the aerial vehicle exit, and Enclosing a means of holding such bezels ntimately against that the fascia board, said attaching means to be accessible from serviceably inside the vehicle passenger compartment; which said one or more bezels are composed of resistant material.
2. The air filtration device according to claim 1, wherein said resistant material is at least 1 mm thick.
3. The air filtration device according to claim 2, where it says resilient material is chosen from the group of polymer foam, sponge, synthetic rubber and elastomer.
4. The air filtration device according to claim 2, where it says resilient material includes substantially contoured surfaces matches how that vehicle exhaust air.
5. The air filtration device according to claim 2, where it says resilient material includes one or more openings that said openings direct airflow to the vehicle exhaust air to air input side says that filter.



6. The air filtration device according to claim 1, wherein said air filter is composed of materials chosen from the group's non-woven fiber, either loaded or unloaded with static electricity, woven fiber, open cell foam, activated charcoal or charcoal, activated alumina impregnated with KMnO4 (potassium permanganate), and zeolite.
7. The air filtration device according to claim 1, wherein said air filter is folded.
8. An external study of air filtration device for use in vehicles with air outlet have lamas, located on the dashboard of the fascia passengers compartment of a motor vehicle, including the following:
an air filter that has air flow of air parties, said the filter more having one or more resistant bezels located in that side air entry, so resistant bezels said that adjoin said air inlet side of the air filter to the fascia board said the outside around the perimeter of that Vehicle exhaust air, and
Enclosing a means of holding such bezels intimately against that the fascia board, said attaching means to be accessible from serviceably inside the vehicle passenger compartment;
where Sai enclosing means is an elongated Louvara to grip the device having:
one or more terminal portion that excels in that vehicle exhaust air and engages in one or more lamas, causing the lamas to be held substantially open;



a scion of extending the term, through the air side entrance of the air filter, through the air filter, and said through air outlet side air filter, and An adjustment of nut located on the output side air that is dedicated to this shank, said that air-filtering device and said resistant bezels are forced intimately against fascia said dashboard barring such adjuster nut in connection with that rod.
9. An air filtration claim 8, where it says portion terminal Louvar said device is to understand-shaped hook.
10. An air filtration claim 8, where it says portion terminal Louvar-grabbing, said the device is twofold.
11. An air filtration device according to claim 8, where it says mango adjuster nut and screw are.
12. An air filtration device according to claim 8, where a plurality the teeth are removed to the surface cane, said, and said that is just nut It consists of a ratchet that is dedicated lockably one of the plurality of teeth to prevent the withdrawal of that handle such an adjustment nut.
13. An air filtration device according to claim 11, which states ratchet composed of more than one deputy or lever arm attached to a motion of said lever arm deactivates said ratchet away from the teeth.