Thanks for the help in advance guys
I hope I can communicate my question clearly enough
It’s common knowledge that a dirty air filter causes poor fuel economy.
What I can’t rectify in my head the that if your car meters the fuel for the amount of incoming air and that any restriction in the intake system means and equivalent amount of air you will not have to compress, why the loss in fuel economy? Is it that the car has a hard time compensating? Or not enough flow to mix up the incoming fuel?
And along that line of thinking. Assuming you accelerated at the same rate would it be more efficient to keep your rpm’s as low as reasonable (say you have a manual) and open the throttle more?
If I could I would prefer knowledgeable responses as opposed to anecdotal responses
Again thanks for your time
I hope I can communicate my question clearly enough
It’s common knowledge that a dirty air filter causes poor fuel economy.
What I can’t rectify in my head the that if your car meters the fuel for the amount of incoming air and that any restriction in the intake system means and equivalent amount of air you will not have to compress, why the loss in fuel economy? Is it that the car has a hard time compensating? Or not enough flow to mix up the incoming fuel?
And along that line of thinking. Assuming you accelerated at the same rate would it be more efficient to keep your rpm’s as low as reasonable (say you have a manual) and open the throttle more?
If I could I would prefer knowledgeable responses as opposed to anecdotal responses
Again thanks for your time
