Abstract: An air filter for a motor vehicle carburetor includes a filter body having a pair of rings spaced apart in an axial direction by spacers which occupy a relatively small proportion of the space between the rings. An annular filter cloth surrounds the space between the rings and has edges overlapping the radially outer edges of the rings in a radially inward direction to retain the filter cloth thereon. The edges of the filter cloth are resilient to enable the filter cloth to be readily assembled with and removed from the filter body, and the filter cloth having a weave which prevents passage of undesirable solid matter therethrough without unduly restricting air flow.