Month: March 2015
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What does vehicle telematics mean to car people?
There’s actually a specific name to describe the computer and electronic technology involved in our cars – it is called telematics. Actually, telematics is a general term that refers to any device which merges telecommunications and infomatics. The vehicle telematics business has been changing very rapidly over the past few years, with advances in cell…
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How can I know if it is the time for a wheel alignment?
What is a wheel alignment? An alignment involves adjusting three main angles of your tires to ensure the car is tracking straight, or driving where you point the steering wheel. Over time, your car’s suspension endures enough abuse from the road to shuffle and jostle things out of their original position. Given enough time on…
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Can I repair problems with my car’s Engine Control Module?
Computer systems now manage and handle more than ever, and your vehicle’s engine is no exception. Unless you’re still driving a decades-old model without digital components, your auto depends on a piece of computer hardware called the Engine Control Module, or ECM, to work correctly. This quite awesome little device has a big job. Simply…
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My engine misfires, how and why?
To understand fully what an engine misfire is we need to understand what it means. If the engine is running perfect and all of the cylinders are “firing” you could say there is no misfire. Once the air fuel ratio inside the combustion chamber in any of the cylinders gets interrupted, the engine will misfire.…
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What to do if your car breaks down on road
If your vehicle is having a problem while you’re driving, try to get to the right-hand shoulder of the road as soon as possible, especially if you’re on a highway. As you pull your vehicle off the road, keep the following safety procedures in mind: Try to coast along the shoulder until you’re away from…
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How to choose a diagnostic tool that works best for you
People may ask what’s the best car diagnostic tool that actually works? But there isn’t the best or cheapest car diagnostic tool. We should probably already know that there’s no real substitute for the car diagnostic tools that a professional diagnostic technician has at his or her disposal. Those tools, of course, typically consist of…
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Matters that needs attetion in using car diagnostic tools
Automobile diagnostic tools are used to diagnose the engine, brake, vehicle parts and so on. They can be plug into the standardized socket on most vehicles and trucks manufactured after1996. In the fact, using a scan tools can save you many hours of headache in determining the problem with any car. Besides, they are very…
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Getting to know car ignition system
As to a four stroke gasoline engine, air and fuel mixture is sucked into a cylinder by the motion of a piston. Once the piston is at the top of its compression stroke, the ignition system sends an extremely high voltage to the spark plug in the cylinder, thus creating a spark strong enough to…
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Does the cooling system really matters?
It is said that perhaps 70 percent of the energy a gasoline engine produced is converted into heat and the heat created by a car driving down the freeway is enough to heat two average-sized houses! Your cooling system takes care of the heat and protects your engine from overheating to avoid inner damage. It…
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What is wheel alignment and why do you need it
Tires can be nudged out of alignment by accidentally hitting them against objects such as curbs and parking blocks, or by catching a center cement divider while making a miscalculated turn. Once a tire is out of alignment, its orientation on the vehicle is slightly off-center. Wheel alignment, in general, in seeking to get the…