My gas mileage has been plummeting, down to 16 mpg highway. I finally changed the cone filter out for a new one so I can wash and reoil the other one without having to wait for it to dry. Now back into low 20s, with a lot more power available. I went 20k miles on that filter, it turned from red to black.
Good reminder, especially with the price of gas these days! Have an Easter egg!
pms go a long way ie Just like checking oil level
tougeagle
Thanks for reminding me that when you pull a concord out of the 5 month old snow bank that is almost gone, one should check the air cleaner.
I imagine the new Fram will pay for itself in short order.
dkoug
PS don't get old, ain't worth it
No worries. I would just hope the only fram product on your car is the air filter ;)
I second that.
And I feel like adding another couple of inexpensive things that surely improve our lives:
1) Fuel pump
2) PCV valve and PCV breather filter.
I'm telling this because I happened to replace these 4 things together and I obtained a dramatic improvement under many points of view.
The pump was cracked and weak: this gave me gas in oil, gas+oil leaking through the pump's weep hole and spraying all around, poor acceleration, poor MPG and it took forever to start after sitting for a while.
The PCV system, overclogged, contributed in poor crankcase ventilation and lots of oil (more than "normal" blowby) into the air cleaner, which takes us back in topic ;)