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A little extra care here and there when it comes to your car, and you will find yourself saving significant amounts of money, not just on repairs, but on fuel as well! Keep your engine tuned up. A misfiring spark plug can reduce fuel efficiency as much as thirty percent. This means less money in your wallet. Follow the service schedules listed in your owners manual. Replace filters and fluids as recommended. It may not always fit into your schedule, but it is important to make yourself follow up with your car care maintenance schedule. If the dealer is charging an arm and a leg for a tune up, get a second opinion at a local reputable car repair shop. They can do the same service schedule, usually at a greater savings to you. These tune ups not only keep .. more»

Are you having trouble getting your car ignition key to start the ignition? This may be caused due to a number of reasons. Before you get your car towed to a garage, there are a few simple things you can do yourself to fix the problem and save yourself time and money.  First however, it's important to understand how a car a car ignition operates. The purpose of the ignition is to start the engine and power the car battery system and allow the use of the car's accessories (AC, radio, lights).  A non working ignition may signal issues with the engine, the ignition cylinder lock or the ignition system itself. Follow these troubleshooting tips to try identifying the source of the problem and perhaps solve it on your own. If you're unable to find a solution, contact a local Locksmith Concord company in .. more»

If you were handed an estimate to replace a water pump on your car, would you know if the price was fair? Could you trust the price? How about for a tie rod end, mass air flow sensor, or an evaporative emissions sensor? Most of us don't know what these are, never mind the price. Yet it is components such as these that are commonly used to over charge you, the car repair customer. We no longer live in an age of trust, so how do we ensure that our auto repair costs are legitimate. How many times have you suspected that you paid too much, but couldn't prove it? How many times did the price seem exorbitant for even simple repairs? To illustrate just how "At Risk" the everyday auto repair customer is to excessive car repair prices, here's a recent real life .. more»

In most cases, when I guess or even take an educated guess, I pay the price. Even though my educated guess comes with 24 years of hands on experience it is a wrong nearly 50% of the time. This means I have just increased my diagnosis time, and wound up replacing a part that was not required. This brings me back to the proper troubleshooting of car problems. Get a good auto repair manual and perform all the step-by-step diagnosis that the troubleshooting manual provides. When you feel like you have found the problem take the extra step and test the individual component. For example, let's say you are diagnosing and overheating condition. Your educated guess says that you should replace the thermostat. Why not go the extra step and actual test, the operation of the thermostat by throwing in some .. more»