To your engine, oil is what keeps all the various parts working together in harmony. Nothing is more important that feeding your engine with the right lubricants. Your car doesn’t have to be a lost cause at 250,000 km. We’re going to show you how to get up to 500,000 km out of your classic […]
What Does the Check Engine Light Mean? How to determine whether your car has a loose gas cap or a serious engine problem You’re driving along in your car or truck and suddenly a yellow light illuminates on your dash telling you to check or service your engine. If you’re like most car owners, you […]
Smoking Pipes! What causes smoke from exhaust pipes? Many commercial vehicles spew black smoke especially when taking off from traffic lights. This is not unique to diesel vehicles, although they are the most common problems. Petrol engine cars can also emit blue or white smoke from their exhaust. It should be a concern for […]
Auto Transmissions – Are they all the same and should your driving habits change according to the type that you have in your car? Automatic transmissions have gone through many changes since being introduced in 1940, but rarely have there been as many different types offered as there are today. Following are technical descriptions of […]
Despite our best efforts, the clutch, that fantastic frictional fuse between engine and transmission that has served us so long, has a dim future. With the manual gearbox critically endangered and an industry-wide focus on efficiency, the smartest minds in engineering are now hellbent on excising energy-sapping friction discs, even those in dual-clutch automatics. […]