A 2016 Honda Civic air filter is the unsung hero of a high-mileage ride. We don’t give it much thought, but this little screen is crucial to keeping your engine clean and ensuring that you get as many miles as possible out of your Honda Civic.
What’s the best air filter for a 2016 Honda Civic?
A genuine Honda air filter. You can find one of these for about $21 on Honda Parts Now. You could also buy an aftermarket filter at Autozone for five bucks less. Our advice is stick with the genuine Honda filter. It’s only five bucks more, and it’s guaranteed to work.
When and How to Replace Your 2016 Honda Civics Air Filter
Replacing a Honda Civic air filter is so easy you could write the instructions on a matchbook.
- Find the assembly housing — the black box in front of the battery.
- Pop the latches.
- Lift the housing.
- Pull the old filter out and put the new one in.
- Close the box and pop the latches back into place.
If you’re not sure exactly what we’re talking about, watch this video. It’s less than three minutes long, and that’s about how much time you’ll spend replacing your air filter.
A 2016 Honda Civic owner’s manual will tell you to replace your air filter every 10,000 miles under extreme conditions. Some people like to replace the air filter whenever they get an oil change just to make sure they don’t forget. There’s no harm in changing the filter early.
And of course, you’ll want to change your filter if it’s looking really dirty or banged up. Give it a quick check any time you have the hood open and see how it’s doing.
Is it Worth Paying a Professional?
With a lot of fixes, it really does make sense to just let the folks at the garage do it. Properly disposing of used oil, for instance, might be more hassle than it’s worth.
But replacing a 2016 Honda Civic’s air filter takes about two minutes, you don’t need any tools at all for the job, and the replacement itself is gonna cost twenty bucks and change.
Go to the shop and you’re probably not getting this job done for any less than a hundred dollars. If you’ve got the money to throw around and you really hate getting your hands dirty, do as you like.
As for the rest of us, there’s no good reason to pay a hundred bucks to save yourself two minutes of work.
