I bought a '94 Nissan Altima and have put about 5K miles on it. I checked the air filter today and it's perfectly clean. Not even any dust between the folds. What could be going on?
2006-12-31 14:23:52 · 11 answers · asked by Johnny G 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Be thankful...you must live in a clean area.
2006-12-31 14:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Five thousand miles is not that much on an air filter. If you drive in mostly clean air, very little dust, then I would expect it to be clean at this point. But if you live on a dirt road or something, I would suspect that there is a leak somewhere that is letting air into the engine between the air filter and engine.
2006-12-31 14:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by boogie2510 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is wrong here, if you were driving in a dusty inviroment or in a place where there was a lot of polution in the air you would see something, weather is a big factor. It takes longer than 5,000 miles to dirty a air filter, but then again it depends on driving conditions.
2006-12-31 15:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by wampaskitty2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will stay that way for a long time. You probably put highway miles on it right? At least nothing in the country on gravel or anything. I kept my Subaru on the highway for about 50K before I changed the air filter. Good luck.
2006-12-31 14:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After 5,000 miles your air filter isn't going to show much dirt. Unless you are driving in extremely dusty and dirty conditions your air filter shouldn't get too dirty too quickly. Air filters can go an average of 6-8k miles before becoming extremely dirty.
2006-12-31 14:26:57 · answer #5 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the conections but heres the answer look through it to the light is it clean really no and vacuum the box it sets in theres got to be some debree in there if not maybe the intake for the air is blocked but wait if so you wouldnt be able to pass another car or boot this car down at all
2006-12-31 14:27:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must live in a clean part of the country, or you haven't driven long enough to dirty the filter.
2006-12-31 14:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive seen a brand spankin new car go for 40k miles before the air filter was too restricted. be happy.
2006-12-31 14:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by dark_desparado66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a leak in your system you air is not getting filtered
2006-12-31 14:26:55 · answer #9 · answered by shadouse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apparenyly the filter was new when you bought the car and you haven't driven on any dusty roads or experienced any dusty conditions since you have had it.
2006-12-31 14:37:15 · answer #10 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋