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Summary: When replacing the air filter in your car engine be sure that all of the components are in the right place to prevent damaging the car. Learn more about replacing the air filter with tips from a mechanic in this free car maintenance video.
Mitch Jones has been working on cars as a hobby and made it into a career over the past 11 years. Jones specializes in European vehicles, but can fix most problems on any make and...read more
"Okay when you replace your air filter, generally if you have the stock air filter box in the car, there's going to be some sand and leaves and whatever what have you inside of this box. So you kind of, you can take a vacuum cleaner and vacuum all of the loose material out, so you can make sure that your filter is properly clean when you put it back in. And what you want to do when you put the your filter back on, you want to make sure that you have all your components in the right place. And you just generally in the stock filter, you just generally put the filter back in and clamp the top of the box back on. But with this application, you have a couple of clamps you have to deal with. So you just make sure you get everything back properly, so it's not in the way of anything else in the vehicle. And just tighten it back down. And that is how you replace your air filter."
eHow Article: Air Filter Replacement