Hansen CARS
128 Sumner Ave. Ames, Iowa 50010 | (515) 232-4241

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It's (Not) Complicated (Engine Air Filter)

While many components of your vehicle are complex and composed of lots of mechanical and electrical parts, there's one that isn't complicated but still important.  It's your engine air filter. (A...
Published on: Oct 13, 2024

When it Comes to Air Filters, Change is Good (Clogged Air Filter)

Engine air filters may not seem like a big deal, but when they’re clogged up with dirt, dust, and insects, your engine could wind up choking for air and not delivering you the power and performa...
Published on: Sep 29, 2024

Engine Air Filter

Today we want to talk about your engine air filter.  That’s the filter that cleans the air before it’s burned in your engine.  People wonder how often they should change their en...
Published on: Feb 03, 2023

MAF Filter

Air and fuel are mixed together to be burned in your engine. You request how much of each you need by how hard you press on the accelerator, by going up or down a hill or by how much you are carrying ...
Published on: Oct 08, 2022

Deep Breathing In Ames: Engine Air Filter

{{ image('MzAx') }} Your vehicle engine really needs clean air to operate efficiently. It takes about twelve thousand gallons of air to burn a gallon of gas in your vehicle engine. And clean air is m...
Published on: Feb 02, 2022

Replace Your Engine Air Filter At Hansen CARS

Your engine also needs clean air to burn the fuel – and it needs a lot.  In fact, a typical vehicle needs about 216,000 gallons of air for every tank of gas.  All that air passes thro...
Published on: Nov 11, 2019

Simple Answers from Hansen CARS: Engine Air Filter

{{ image('MzQ5') }} Question:What's the harm in putting off replacing my engine air filter a little longer? Hansen CARS Answer:That's a fair question from Ames drivers because the harm takes a while...
Published on: Dec 14, 2018

Engine Air Filter

Today we want to talk about your engine air filter.That's the filter that cleans the air before it's burned in your engine. Many people in Ames wonder how often they should change their engine air fil...
Published on: Nov 23, 2018