Some like it hot, but your vehicle is a notable exception. Excessive heat is the enemy of any mechanical system, including the engine found in your car, truck, or SUV. Overheating can lead to everything from minor failures and performance issues to a full-on breakdown. Ideally, your engine should maintain a steady temperature that’s somewhere […]
Category: Cooling Systems
Keeping Up With Automatic Transmission Maintenance
The automatic transmission is a marvel of modern engineering, freeing up a driver’s right hand and providing a superior level of convenience when compared to manual transmissions. While they’re not for every driver, most have come to appreciate the myriad advantages an automatic transmission can offer. They are a lot easier to master than a […]
Used SUV Care: The Fluids You Should Check and Change
SUVs are the most popular vehicles among drivers and have many advantages, such as versatility, safety, and storage. A used SUV is undoubtedly a worthwhile investment that can last thousands of miles and several years if properly maintained. After digging through the numerous used SUVs for sale, you just returned from the dealership and found […]
Car Care 101: Scheduled Service Beyond the Basics
We all know that the best way to get the most from your vehicle is to take proper care of it, and proper care means knowing your vehicle’s maintenance schedule and sticking to it. That being said, what you tend to see people talk about the most is basic things like getting an oil change […]
How to Keep Your Cool When Your Engine Gets Too Hot
There you are, minding your own business, when suddenly you smell something like burning sugar coming from your vehicle, and what appears to be smoke starts to pour up along the sides of your hood. Safe to say, your day just got a whole lot worse—but it’s not the end of the world. An overheating […]
7 Fluids You Can Check to Keep Your Car Running Like New
While Base Commander Jack D. Ripper might’ve been concerned about the perceived international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids, I’m more concerned about the fluids in your car. Since you no doubt see advertisements for an oil change near you on a near-daily basis, I likely don’t need to […]
Don’t Lose Your Cool When Your Engine Does
You’re cruising down the road, perhaps going to work or simply enjoying your day off, when all of a sudden great plumes of steam start rolling out from under the hood of your car; what do you do? Do you freak out and panic, perhaps slam on your brakes in the middle of traffic or […]
Taking Care of Your Car’s Cooling System
When it’s a hot day and your car has been parked outside, baking in the heat, you immediately dread having to get inside and wait for the air conditioning to get going. It doesn’t typically take too long before the heat is a thing of the past, and you feel the cool air blowing, which […]