Earth Day Challenge: Vehicle Owners Should Use the New 3 R’s — Reuse, Reduce, Repower
In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, the Car Care Council encourages vehicle owners to consider the new 3 R’s to do their part to protect the environment: Reuse, Reduce and Repower. Consumers could make a huge environmental contribution and a wise investment by reusing or hanging onto their current vehicle rather than buying a new one, by reducing emissions and fuel consumption through vehicle maintenance and by repowering a failed engine.
Equus RepairSolutions Reaches 100,000 Registered Users Milestone
RepairSolutions was launched during first quarter 2008, following more than a decade of development, and includes tens of thousands of real-life fixes for actual in-use failures, input by a nationwide network of tens of thousands of ASE-certified technicians.
Shop Profile: Stephan’s Auto Haus Specializes in VW Vanagon Engine Service
Stephan’s Auto Haus, located in Sacramento, CA, is a full service auto repair shop specializing in German, Japanese and domestic automobiles and the place to go for a Volkswagen Vanagon engine conversion.
Tech Feature: Diagnosing Ford Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Problems
To diagnose and repair Ford exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems properly, it is important to understand how they work and what is unique to the product line.
Tech Feature: Eliminating the Con-‘Fusion’ of Servicing Ford’s Mid-Size Vehicles
Nestled into the marketing space between the Focus and the Taurus/Five Hundred is the Ford Fusion. The Fusion came with a choice of four-cylinder and six-cylinder Duratec powerplants. The inline four-cylinder Duratec 23 is a 2.3L 16-valve DOHC engine.
Tech Feature: Lack of Power Leads to Exhaust Restriction Analysis
In the early days of carburetors and mechanical fuel pumps, most lack-of-power complaints stemmed from vapor locking on the fuel pump or the fuel filter clogging. But that’s becoming the exception rather than the rule.
Directions: The Impact of HF0-1234yf on Service Shops
According to the new refrigerant’s developers, there are chemical differences between HFO-1234yf and the current R-134a system. As a shop owner, you’ll need to learn the Safety, Equipment and Charging Issues surrounding this new refrigerant.
Tech Tip: Servicing 1993-2003 3.9/5.2/5.9L Dodge Magnum Engines
Engine pinging under acceleration? Using an excessive amount of oil? Notice that your mileage is dropping? Don’t want to weld the cover to the intake? Worried about turning up the boost on your supercharger? These are some common complaints relating to Dodge Magnum engines.
Tech Tip: Diagnosing a VW/Audi MAF Failure
One of the most common failures on 2000 and newer Volkswagen and Audi cars is the mass air flow (MAF) sensor, but properly diagnosing such a failure can be problematic.
Tech Tip: Dozens of Additional Vehicle Models Now Factory-Equipped with OAD Decouplers
Dozens of the latest vehicle models from domestic and import manufacturers are now factory equipped with overrunning alternator decouplers (OAD). The rapidly growing popularity of this sophisticated technology – now featured on more than 60 popular applications – is changing the way parts providers and repair professionals specify alternators, belts and pulleys for replacement applications.