Hi Kathleen,
So true! To illustrate your point here is a short story. I was traveling to Alaska from Michigan in 1970. It was the middle of January. At one point in Canada the temperature got very cold -45 degrees, and my finely tuned 1968 Camaro wasn't running well. I went to two different dealorships in a couple big cities, but no one could figure out why the motor kept wanting to stall.
At one point I was in the middle corn country, and the motor just stopped running! I had a long way to go to get to Anchorage this was not good! I walked over to the nearest farm house, and asked to use a phone. The farmer asked me what's the problem was with the car. I explained to him what had been happening and he said "I think I know what the problem is after looking at the engine for a few minutes. You need to run your car without the air filter, because ice tends to form all around it starving the engine of the air it needs." Then he said smiling "you don't need an air filter out here anyway the air is perfectly clean out here!"
He was absolutely right and I didn't have any more problems. I will never forget that experience. :)
Best Regards,
Leonard
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