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It is the time of the year to start thinking about winter weather and preparing your vehicle for winter. While safety is an important consideration all year long, there are certainly some auto maintenance jobs and safety checks that are specific to chilled air and winter driving that are a good idea to check into before we're knee deep in the season.
Check Your Antifreeze
Your antifreeze (the juice that goes in your radiator…
Proper tire inflation is important for safety, fuel mileage and handling characteristics. The proper pressures can be obtained from your owner's manual and from the placard located on the driver's door pillar. Remember these specifications are for a cold tire (sitting over six hours). Adjustments of two to three pounds above specifications should be made for a warm/heated…
1. You can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3% by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure. Under-inflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.3% for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tires. Properly inflated tires are…
It
used to be that cars and trucks had separate fresh air intakes that allowed air
to pass directly from the front of the vehicle to the passenger compartment.
Today, other than through windows, there is usually only one way for fresh air to enter your car through the auto ventilation system, which includes the auto air conditioner. Therefore, all the air that enters your car flows through a cabin filter and then flows through…
The sun starting to shine more, the birds are coming back and the blossoms on the trees are starting to show! Spring is in the air. As we get ready to put the winter blues behind us you may notice that your car is in need of some TLC.
Winter can do a number on your car, especially the winter we had! This is a good time of year to power wash the under-body of your vehicle. . .
It's commonly found that a vehicle purchase is the second to third largest purchase a person will make in their lifetime, which begs the question, "How well do you take care of this valuable purchase?" Some people tend to feel overburdened with the thought of sticking to a 'scheduled list' of maintenance items, while others feel that this 'list' is unnecessary and just a way for dealers and manufactures to increase their annual revenue. What is the truth?
