How often do you change the airfilter??

[PhoenixTL]

Just wondering? I just realized I dont have a set schedule. I just look to see how dirty they are...

 

[Familyguy]

I change mine every other oil change...or about every 15k miles.

 

[Chris142]

When it's dirty. I live on a dirt road and drive in the desert every day. Usually about 10k.

 

[HTSS_TR]

I clean my air filters every 6-7 months by tapping it lightly on hard surface then vacuum on dirty side with shop vac. With this easy maintenance and living in not so dirty area, my air filters did not needed to be changed for 40-50k miles or 4-5 years.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Around once a year.

That works out to about 30-40k in the Toyota and 12-15k in the Subaru.

The truck is new to me but I figure once a year also since its off road a lot.

$10-12 each year will work.

Bill

 

[daves87rs]

Still have the same filter in the other cav for years...


One reason being the low milage of the car.

 

[rpn453]

30k miles for me. With my driving conditions, it doesn't even look very dirty at that point.

 

[FZ1]

It's varies from change to change for me. I buy a new one,then check/replace the old one at 18k.

 

[bakechad]

I went 30K on my CRV and it was too long.

So I am going 15K on both cars. They are cheap enough to just do it.

 

[river_rat]

One a year for me.

 

[Kestas]

30K or more - it's not that dusty around here.

 

[sciphi]

EaA here, so another few years. I'll take Amsoil's word it's good for another 2 years or 65k miles, whichever comes first.

 

[Malo83]

Twice a year

 

[ZZman]

Once a year.

 

[Kestas]

Originally Posted By: Malo83
Twice a year

Originally Posted By: ZZman
Once a year.

Meaningless answers. How many miles?... 5K?... 25K?

 

[ThirdeYe]

I went 30k on my last filter, I'll do between 15-30k again on this one.

 

[pidster]

I just have a look at it every oil change and once it's looking dirty it gets replaced. The average time that takes for me is about a year, 30-40K kilometers. If I happen to do a lot of driving up north on gravel roads etc cut that number in half or so.

 

[Colt45ws]

I have not determined an interval yet. I bought it at 24k on the odo with a new Motorcraft filter and now it has 38k on it. I installed a 'Filter minder' gauge and its has not even moved off the minimum reading yet.

 

[sdan27]

I change mine once a year, usually in the spring or summer, which ends up being about every 30,000 miles.

 

[speedyswede]

Roughly every 6mo/13k miles