Beware Dangers of Spring Driving (Seasonal Driving Tips)Sure, winter is quickly fading in the rearview mirror, but the peril of icy roads is replaced with a whole new set of driving challenges in spring.Deer and other wildlife. You are not the only one who gets spring fever. Animals do, too, and spring is the time they start looking for mates and fo... Read More Posted in Inspection on May 08, 2022 Keeping Your Cool (Coolant leak repair)If theres one thing you should pay attention to with your vehicle, its the temperature gauge. Its the one that may say C---H (that means cold---hot). Or maybe yours has a picture of a thermometer on it and a blue and red zone. If you see the needle heading farther to the H or red area, that mea... Read More Posted in Cooling System on May 01, 2022 Got it Covered! (Timing Cover Maintenance)You may have heard at one time or another about something called a timing belt or timing chain in your engine. And you may know that if they fail well, let's just say that there can be some major engine damage. So obviously, we want our timing belts and chains to be in tip-top shape.One part t... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on April 24, 2022 Questions to Ask Your Novi Service AdvisorWe find that a lot of Novi drivers are a little tentative when they talk with their automotive advisors. They want to ask questions but don't want to be embarrassed or seem pushy. Vehicles are very complicated and there's more to know about them than most of us have the time to learn. Maybe it's ... Read More Posted in Service Standards on April 17, 2022 Taking the Heat (Heater Hose Maintenance/Repair)If you have an internal combustion vehicle, you know it has a lot of hoses that carry various fluids. And if you have a heater in your vehicle, you'll have heater hoses.A heater hose connects to and from the engine so some coolant can be circulated through a little radiator called a heater core... Read More Posted in Cooling System on April 10, 2022 Weather Station on Wheels (Vehicle Sensor Maintenance)You probably never thought about it, but your vehicle is like a rolling weather station. It can check the outside temperature, let you know when the roads are slippery and help you deal with rain. And how it does all those things is pretty cool.First, just like any weather station, a vehicle ha... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on April 03, 2022 Not Too Hot and Not Too Cold (Temperature Gauge)You know your body temperature is supposed to be 98.6 degrees F, 37 degrees C. Your vehicle has a normal temperature, too, and if you pay attention to it, that can save you some big headaches down the road.Many vehicles have a temperature gauge on the dash that takes the temperature of the engi... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on March 27, 2022 If You Drive Like a Maniac (Aggressive Driving is Bad for a Vehicle)When someone mentions driving like a maniac, they're not talking about you, surely? Besides the safety issues of aggressive driving, you should know that your vehicle will last a lot longer if you'll just mellow out a little. Here are four traits good drivers follow if they want their vehicles t... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on March 20, 2022 No Strain, No Gain (The Basics of Oil Filters)Ever wonder what one of the best things is to ever happen to your vehicle's engine? It's the little thing that usually looks like a can, the oil filter.Just like your kitchen sink strainer filters out errant particles of food from clogging your drain, the oil filter cleans out small particles t... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on March 13, 2022 What is a TPS? (Throttle Position Sensor)You know you have an accelerator pedal; step on it and your vehicle is supposed to go. But did you know there is a part in your vehicle that keeps track of where the throttle is? It's called the Throttle Position Sensor, or TPS.The TPS is a sensor that helps your vehicle figure out the right mi... Read More Posted in Windshield Wipers on March 06, 2022 |
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