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  • Warm Up a Car

    When the weather is cold, you must warm your car up. Warming your car will keep you from costly car repairs.


  • How to Communicate Effectively With Your Mechanic

    If you can't tell the difference between a catalytic converter and a carburetor, you can still communicate correctly and effectively with a mechanic. The end result will be inexpensive, quality auto care.


  • Drive Safely on the Beltway

    Auto accidents are a major cause of death and injury in the United States and around the globe. Car accidents occur more frequently in high-traffic areas, such as the beltways around major cities.


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  • Improve MPG with Clean Fuel Injectors

    The most common issue involves fuel deposits on injector tips. The reason? When an engine is turned off some fuel remains in the injectors. Hot engines cause fuel to evaporate, which can leave gum-like deposits that can change an injector's ideal conical spray pattern to an irregular one, or even reduce fuel volume to the combustion chambers and cause drivability problems.


  • Diagnose a Slipping Clutch in Your Car

    The clutch on a manual transmission car usually lasts anywhere from four to seven years, depending on where you drive (in the city, on hills, etc.) and your personal driving habits.


  • Check the Constant Velocity Boots on Your Car

    CV, or constant velocity, boots are rubber boots that cover and protect the CV joints on the axles of front-wheel-drive cars. A torn CV boot is relatively inexpensive to repair. Ignored, a ripped CV boot will cause the CV joint to fail, which is costly to repair.


  • How to Check Power Steering Fluid

    Checking power steering fluid on most cars is easy, though not all cars have it: if you can parallel park with one hand and eat an ice cream cone with the other, then you have power steering.


  • Change transmission fluid on a 2002 Chevy S-10

    There are four steps to Change transmission fluid on a 2002 Chevy S-10.


  • Avoid Falling for Unnecessary Tuneup Specials

    Sure, you can find a great price on a tuneup special. But does your vehicle really need the services the shop is selling? You can do it by yourself.


  • How to Communicate Effectively With Your Mechanic

    If you can't tell the difference between a catalytic converter and a carburetor, you can still communicate correctly and effectively with a mechanic. The end result will be inexpensive, quality auto care.


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