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Auto Repair & Maintenance

Protect Your Car From Road Salt -- Every winter drivers should take active steps to protect their car from road salt. Road salt is necessary for safe transportation when snow and ice accumulate on roads and highways and cause dangerous driving conditions.
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Lower Car Repairs -- The cost of vehicles and their related repairs are expensive. Although the tips provided in this article will not eliminate such expenses, they will help you to take control of vehicle repairs and thus lower their costs.
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Finding Parts for your Baby -- Have you looked at your favorite toy and wanted to do some repairs or modifications? You know - something to make it growl, shine, squeal or kick dirt in the grills of lesser vehicles? Have you hesitated because you are not sure where you can find all the parts you may need or how to start looking? Wonder no more!!! Here are my answers from over 30 years of working on all types of vehicles.
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Checking Fluids -- Keeping your vehicle in tip-top shape requires constant monitoring of vital fluids. Read your owners manual and look for a diagram of the engine. Most times there will be a diagram showing where to check all the major fluids. This should be your starting point.
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Auto Tools for the DIY'er -- If you are a car owner who occasionally works on his or her own car, please don't go out and spend thousands of dollars on high priced tools. Professional mechanics make a living with their tools and need the best.
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Does Your Vehicle Engine Backfire -- Does your vehicle engine run ok? Or does it cut-out on you sometimes when your are going to visit your in-laws? Does it 'spit' and 'sputter' and 'backfire', then start running ok, again?
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