Month: March 2015

  • Protecting Your Car from the Cold

    Protecting Your Car from the Cold

    It’s only November, and there’s already a polar vortex heading for the east coast and a couple of feet of snow blanketing parts of the Midwest. Winter is ready to make a grand entrance. Such wacky weather has reminded us of the importance of winter car prep. With a couple months of snow ahead, it’s…

  • Protecting your car and windshield during the winter

    Protecting your car and windshield during the winter

    During cold days it’s important to not only take care of yourself and your family, but also your car. Among the many things you need to do, one thing is keeping your windshield clean. During the winter if your car is outside it suffers through cold air, ice and snow. Your windshield is the most…

  • Prolonging a Dying Engine’s Life

    Prolonging a Dying Engine’s Life

    Prolonging the Inevitable: How to Get By When Your Car is About to Throw a Rod Once an engine starts to knock, the rod can fracture without warning. It could be the next time you start it in your driveway, or it could keep going for six months. Eventually though, the engine will blow and…

  • Procedures to change your motor oil

    Procedures to change your motor oil

    Oil is the lifeblood that circulates through the engine, it not only lubricates engine components but also serves as a coolant for critical engine parts. Your motor oil is a chemical cocktail on par with prescription drugs. Up to 25 percent of oil is made up of additives which enable oil to perform its magic…

  • Preventive Auto Service & Auto Maintenance

    Preventive Auto Service & Auto Maintenance

    Your vehicle’s power steering system is very complex and is perhaps the most overlooked of all vehicle systems requiring regular maintenance. It is an extremely complicated and sophisticated hydraulic mechanism. The system usually contains a power steering pump, steering gear & linkages, drive belts, bearings, valves, hoses and seals. Power steering is a system for…

  • Preventing Rust from Road Salt

    Preventing Rust from Road Salt

    Why Salt Is Used on Roads Human beings can’t live without salt. It’s a necessary nutrient, it’s used to seed rain clouds, soften household tap water, make chemicals and, most important, to make ice cream. In those parts of the country with freezing winter temperatures, drivers know that warming the cars up in the morning…

  • Pre-trip Maintenance

    Pre-trip Maintenance

    Road Trip! Taking a long trip by car is an adventure. It’s the best way to see America and a wonderful way to learn a little about the country and its highway culture. You’ll experience it all, too, from the ambiance of a truck stop to the sublime swank of five-star restaurants. Each city, town,…

  • Often Overlooked Tire Maintenance

    Often Overlooked Tire Maintenance

    It is not difficult to torque wheel fasteners properly. Just find the vehicle manufacturer torque specifications in the owner’s manual of the vehicle in question and follow those instructions to the letter. By simply following those specifications, you can avoid unwanted comebacks. Tire maintenance Today’s wheel fasteners are primarily a straight-tapered seat type, which is…

  • Maintaining Your Wipers and Washer Fluid

    Maintaining Your Wipers and Washer Fluid

    Under the hood of your vehicle is a plastic container that contains the fluid for your windshield wipers. Is it full of liquid? If not, you can fill it with any one of a variety of windshield washer solutions — you can even use a home window cleaner. Just don’t use detergent, which can leave…

  • Maintain Your Car before New Year

    Maintain Your Car before New Year

    It’s going to be here before you know it. It’s time to start making some resolutions for your car, truck or SUV in the New Year. Not sure where to start with your car maintenance checklist? Here are some of the best commitments you can make to keep your vehicle in better condition, enjoy a…