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Coming up on 35,000 miles and I thought it might be time to change the air filter. Shocker! This thing is enormous. It's cylinder 12" x 7". And it was $57 (at the dealership).
I'm persnicketty so I went ahead and bought it. But judging by the size you probably don't have to change it for 100,000 or more miles. Crazy.
I should add that regardless of what the snake oil salesmen at oil change places tell you, air filters won't ever noticeably affect your fuel mileage. Unless it's literally packed with mud, any restriction that the filter causes will just make the ECU pull out fuel to keep the mixture correct. A clogged filter will affect max power, but it won't affect mileage.
Yeah yeah, pumping losses will affect mileage. But not in any measurable way within reason. I'll put the new one in, and keep the old one and put it back in at 200k, and that will be that.
I'm persnicketty so I went ahead and bought it. But judging by the size you probably don't have to change it for 100,000 or more miles. Crazy.
I should add that regardless of what the snake oil salesmen at oil change places tell you, air filters won't ever noticeably affect your fuel mileage. Unless it's literally packed with mud, any restriction that the filter causes will just make the ECU pull out fuel to keep the mixture correct. A clogged filter will affect max power, but it won't affect mileage.
Yeah yeah, pumping losses will affect mileage. But not in any measurable way within reason. I'll put the new one in, and keep the old one and put it back in at 200k, and that will be that.