How to Diagnose Car Leaking by Color and Smell
Car leaking can lead to extensive, frustrating repairs. Here’s how to diagnose each leak before the problem wreaks havoc on your vehicle.
Get Your Car Heating System Ready for Winter in 3 Easy Steps
Is your car heating system ready to deal with chilly winter temperatures? While it’s easy to forget about your heater throughout the summer months, you can’t just assume that it will be ready to leap into action once fall starts to give way to colder weather…
3 Common Causes of Engine Overheating
Don’t let an overheating car ruin your day. Here are the common causes of engine overheating issues and how to prevent them.
Summer Driving Fluid Check Essentials
Your summer fluid check should not be overlooked. Avoid a breakdown by checking your motor oil, car battery, washer fluid, brake fluid and coolant.
Summer Road Trip Tips Just In Time For Vacation Fun
Follow these summer road trip tips to get the maintenance and safety preparations behind you, so you can enjoy your vacation.
Summer Cooling System Checklist
Your car’s cooling system can suffer under the stress of high temperatures all summer long. To avoid a breakdown, follow this checklist.
Road Trip Solutions: How to Avoid Engine Overheating
We have all passed by some sad sap on the side of the road, hood up, steam rolling out, driver just standing there with a hand on their head wondering how they got there. Usually, we just think to ourselves “phew, glad that isn’t me” as we glance at the gauges just to check and make sure they are all good. While breakdowns happen, there are things you can do…
Antifreeze in Oil: A Guide to Not Panicking
Mixing antifreeze in oil is not something your car appreciates, but it’s not an outright disaster. Don’t panic! You can fix this mistake.
Keeping Your Vehicle Cool: Radiator Parts Explained
The largest component to your vehicle’s cooling system is the radiator, but did you know that the radiator is also connected to your transmission and in some cases your engine’s oiling system too? Inside your radiator are smaller radiators that help keep your transmission fluid and engine oil cool as well. The basic radiator consists of two tanks with a set of tubes…
Radiator Hose Collapse: How to Diagnose It
Radiator hose collapse can sometimes be tricky to detect. Once diagnosed, however, fixing the issue doesn’t have to be daunting.