Essentials

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• Winter Auto Maintenance Checklist
  

  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.

  
  
• Translate Those Engine Codes
  

  The first step is to know what your car is trying to tell you. The language it speaks is OBD, which stands for On Board Diagnostics. If something goes wrong, a technician (or you if you have a $59 code reader) can plug into your car, and will get a numeric code telling them what is amiss.

  
  
• How to Perform a Radiator Flush
  

  Your car's radiator needs to be clean to be cool. As time goes on, your car's radiator builds solid deposits that can clog the cooling system. A quick, inexpensive radiator flush can keep the system in shape.

  
  
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• Plug Wire Check
  

  Spark plug wires are pretty durable. They aren't a moving part so they don't wear out too often. A careful inspection of your plug wires can avoid any problems.

  
  
• Mazda MPV Has Little Or No Spark?
  

  If you have good spark at the coil and not at the plug, logic dictates the problem is between the coil and spark plugs. Good spark at the coil also says the ignition system is working.

  
  
• Dakota Tune-up
  

  Ryan is that you changed the spark plug wires. Not that it is a bad thing, but you probably, unknowingly, routed them wrong. For some reason the 1994 to 1999 Dakota trucks with the 3.9, 5.2, and 5.9 liter engines were very sensitive to cross-fire.

  
  
• Considering Buying A Chevy Prizm LSI
  

  A 1995 Nissan Maxima SE and just got my starter replaced at 110,000 miles with a remanufactured one. The car is starting fine now but the only problem that I have is that the check engine light stays on.

  
  
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