Canadian Smoke

Here as well.

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We get these deluge thunderstorms like every day. Hopefully something like that is happening up north at least as a start.
 
We get these deluge thunderstorms like every day. Hopefully something like that is happening up north at least as a start.
Same here and rather violent too.
 
A new question regarding the smoke.

Are there any practical 'parameters' on smoke clogging air filters?

I'm thinking smoke's particulate density drops with distance from its source (obviously) so an engine air filter in Miami will clog more slowly than one in Montreal.

Since air swirls around, smoke density will vary daily or even hourly. Tallying up these particulates would require continuous sampling.

I realize this smoke is a far cry from volcanic ash and I fully accept the economy of simply replacing any filter earlier to be on the safe side.

Are there any rules of thumb to preserve our poor engines?
 
The air was unhealthy this morning as I took my walk. The number of vegetation fires overnight has to be the cause. We have a decent sized fire going right now about three miles to the south.

A few homes went up overnight too.
 
South and east of my place there was a code red air quality this morning.....caused by fireworks smoke from the night before. It covered a large area of the lower state. No joke.
 
Interesting. On my Taurus, the cabin filter is only for incoming air and is not functional in the recirculate mode.

Even though the air quality is excellent today, I repeated the test with recirculate off and the filter still does an excellent job



Will have to repeat the testing on a smoggy day.
 
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