Boulder Auto Repair

What is a cabin air filter? Is it: A filter for a house in the middle of the woods?A fresh, piney scent?A filter for the passenger compartment of your car? Clever you, it’s 3. A cabin air filter cleans the outside air before it comes into the passenger compartment. It filters out dust, pollen, spores, bacteria, pollutants, sparrows, exhaust gas and odors. These high tech filters can block particles larger than 3 microns. By contrast, a grain of sand is about 200 microns. Not all vehicles have cabin filters. They are fairly new on the scene. About forty percent of new vehicles come with cabin air filters, but the number is growing every year. Cabin air filters can make for a very nice driving environment or turn your car into a sealed environment that fogs up with a carload of friends. With a properly working Cabin Air Filter, very little dust and pollen will get in. However, the filter eventually gets clogged. When this happen ... read more

With high fuel prices in Boulder CO comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on AutoNetTV, is really great. Some is myth. And some is just designed to prey on Boulder CO people desperate to save some money on gas. When you get one of those e-mails that’s going around telling you how to save gas, try to think it through. Does it really make sense? Does it defy the laws of physics? Do some research on the internet or ask your Boulder CO service advisor at John’s Auto Care. There aren’t any magic pills you can drop in your gas tank and the government hasn’t suppressed a device you can clamp on your fuel line to make your car run on air. Not even in Boulder! So next time you get one of those e-mails, check it out with an automotive professional. You’ll get more bang for your buck with an oil cha ... read more