• Checking Your Car Heater in San Antonio, Texas

    Checking Your Car Heater in San Antonio, Texas

    When should you get your car or truck heater checked in San Antonio? In San Antonio, we're used to hot weather, but sometimes it gets chilly! That's why it's important to make sure your car's heater works well. Let's discuss when and why to check your car heater, so you're not shivering on those cold
  • Beginners Guide to Fluid Exchange

    Beginners Guide to Fluid Exchange

    Vehicles use fluids to keep all of the moving parts lubricated and at correct temperament by transmitting heat away from it. Because there are many different fluids going on your car, it is very easy for them to become contaminated. When these fluids come into contact with dirt and clunky particles they are no longer

  • Can I Drive with my Check Engine Light on?

    Can I Drive with my Check Engine Light on?

    Your check engine light is an alarm on your car; however, it isn’t specific. A check engine light may become lit due to simple maintenance issues. A check engine light may also become lit as a warning that your car is about to break down and leave you stranded on the side of the road.

  • Protecting your Battery

    Protecting your Battery

    Everything is bigger in Texas; including the heat index. Anyone native to San Antonio knows that Texas heat is a different type of heat. Due to our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Texas’s heat index is skewed compared to outside temperatures.  Despite the knowledge of our climate, many drivers don’t recognize that the intense

  • Signs of Transmission Trouble

    Signs of Transmission Trouble

    A vehicle’s transmission is the missing link in the communication between the engine and the wheels. The transmission not only allows for movement of your vehicle it allows for speed guidance. The transmission ‘transmits’ (hence the namesake) the energy from the engine into the wheels at whatever interval you are trying to go. Transmissions also

  • When to Change Your Engine Air Filter

    When to Change Your Engine Air Filter

    An air filter is a relatively inexpensive, but important, part of any vehicle. Engine air filters keep dust, particles, and contaminants out of the engine while it is sucking in air. This is because, as the engine runs, it sucks in air as needed. The reason process becomes is due to the fact that with

  • Replacing a Timing Belt Service Cost

    Replacing a Timing Belt Service Cost

    The timing belt in your vehicle synchronizes the camshaft and crankshaft movements to keep your vehicle open and closing valves at the proper time. Hence the name, “timing belt”. Before the timing belt there was the timing chain; although both are still used, popularity for both ebb and flow. The main difference between the timing

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