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Diagnosing and Repairs: Cars Engines Problems..

October 1st, 2009

The major causes of car engines problems, are worn out or damaged car parts. Worn out parts may cause overheating of the engine, engine surging and other problems. For example, damaged injectors and valves cause excess fuel consumption. Hence, it is advisable that the car engine should be checked regularly for worn out or damaged [...]

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Engine Repair Tips: Check Engine light on?

September 25th, 2009

What happens if your check engine light comes on, but the engine in your car runs good? Or what if the ‘change oil‘ light comes on after you just had your oil changed? I’m going to lay a little secret on you. Don’t get carried away, it is basically for test purposes. If the car is [...]

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Engine Repairs: Repair a blown headgasket…

September 8th, 2009

Here is an engine problem getting ready to get worse. Problem/Question: Might be helping a freind with this job, going to go for a second hand head as a garage has told him it’s knackered, won’t start anymore. Any tips or pitfalls? Answer/Solution: Briefly, if you needed brain surgery, would you go to a forum [...]

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Technical Service Bulletins & Auto Recall Notices

August 27th, 2009

If you want to continue our conversation on factory recalls for cars and trucks, get a load of this. The amount of recalls is staggering. For those interested in buying a new car over replacing a bad engine maybe this short vibe on recalls will cause a change of mind. Personally, I would never buy [...]

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Engine Recalls: Technical Service Bulletins

August 25th, 2009

Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) are issued by vehicle manufacturers to help automotive technicians diagnose and repair problems reported by consumers and repair shops. It’s amazing how many fixes are found in these bulletins that can’t be found anywhere else. Thousands of bulletins are issued by car manufacturers every year. TSBs contain up-to-date factory fixes for difficult [...]

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Engine repairs, leave remanufactured engines to a professional…

July 9th, 2009

Every now and then, I would field a call from a DIY mechanic asking tons of questions about how to do this or that operation, in regards to a rebuilt engine job. Other than I made my living rebuilding transmissions and engines, what makes a person of this sort think they can arbitrarily absorb 30 [...]

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Leave your engine repairs to the experts…

July 8th, 2009

When the engine in my neighbors Nissan Altima started to smoke she hoped to avoid the repair shop by letting her husband fix it at home. Find the problem, get the parts, buy a repair manual and fix it myself. Doing engine repairs in my spare time. Sounds simple, eh? But her husband struggled to remove [...]

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