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If you have a clogged air filter you will damage your engine. Most of the time slapping the air filter against your leg to get the dust out helps. If you see oil on it then there is a serious issue, that could have been from not changing your filter.
An old air filter will do one of two things. Make your engine run rough because it isn't getting enough oxygen, 1/3rd of what makes your car go forward. Or allowing dirt to get into your engine and that will 100% damage your engine. Imagine if you will, instead of lube you used grit soap. Please don't ruin your car over a $30 part. Filter is cheap, engines are expensive.
Change your own air filter. One of the easiest things you can do for maintenance. It's either clips or a size 8mm socket... usually. Then you don't have to pay some kid $100 for 2 minutes of labor. You'll feel better for doing something and you will also get better gas mileage. If the answer to when was the last time you changed your air filter is "I don't know" then it's probably time.
The thing is, it's only a $10 part at walmart.
If you fork out a little extra for a K&N filter then you'll never need a new one again, and your engine will perform a tiny bit better.
So go to Walmart on your way to the oil change place.
OR - admit you're not really going to Walmart and just pay them to get it done.
Air filters are such an easy part to replace it's insane. I pop that bitch out once in a while and slam that bitch against the wall. Also you should check you vacuum filter too since it's basically the same thing.
Lots of things are so easy to fix or replace it's insane, both in terms of car maintenance and other sorts of DIY. Folks are way too intimidated by simple repairs when they shouldn't be.
I, for one, blame the relegation of classes like shop and home ec to the "technical" high schools that only the non-college-prep kids go to. They should've stayed part of the normal curriculum for everybody.
I'm broke so I always look things up before determining if I need to pay someone. I had a landlord say she was going to have to pay someone to put in the original showerhead because she didn't know how when we moved out. I grabbed that thing and screwed it in in front of her. Like sure you may want to put some tape there for leakage but it wasn't there when we moved in.