Tag: exhaust

Regular, routine maintenance can help improve your gasoline mileage, reduce pollution, and catch minor problems before they become bigger issues. Engine performance and drive-ability problems — hard starts, rough idling, stalling, diminished power, etc. Replace dirty filters, such as air, fuel, and PCV.  A poorly running engine is less efficient and burns more gasoline. Change your oil…

The driveshaft is an important element of your vehicle that rotates and delivers power to the engine and gears that turns the wheels of the automobile. In addition, it creates torque that makes the car go. It also stops the vehicle. A car cannot function without its driveshaft. Generally, they do not break down all…

Three common symptoms of a failing timing belt include rattling noises occurring from the front of the engine, retarded ignition timing and plastic chunks found inside the oil pan. A failing timing belt should be quickly replaced as it can cause the entire engine to fail. When a rattling noise occurs in front of the…

All cars must have an exhaust system in order to vent gases from the engine. However, your car’s stock exhaust system probably isn’t all it could be. Automakers are required to make a number of trade-offs to ensure that their vehicles meet the needs of many different buyers who live in many different areas, with…