What Dangers Await Your Automatic Transmission
Transmission troubles can start with overheating. Even under normal driving conditions, transmission fluids wear out and require replacement. Heavy vehicle loads, towing trailers, stop and go traffic and hot weather accelerate fluid breakdown caused by higher transmission temperatures can also cause expensive parts to wear prematurely.
Checking fluid conditions can prevent failure. Your owner’s manual will tell you how often to change fluids, but checking fluid condition and the fluid level in your transmission is critical. Fluid that smells “burnt” or appe ...[more]
Recirculation Air Button
Most people never use the re circulation button in their car because they don’t know exactly when they should use it. It’s that button with the arrow that looks like a return button. It determines where the air you’re using to heat or cool the cabin of your car with come from. With the button off, fresh air comes from outside the car. When you have the button on, you’re using the air within the car.
In the summer heat, the re circulation button will generally cool you off faster and help your car stay cooler because you’re not pulling the outside heat in, but instead, you’re drawing the cooler air in through your cooling system. Your cooling system has to work continuously to cool the air from the outside.
In the winter, recircul ...[more]
Reciculation Air Button - Locker Room Smells
Reciculation Air Button - Locker Room Smells
Making Sure Your Car’s Air Conditioning is Running Properly
Making Sure Your Car’s Air Conditioning is Running Properly
Once a luxury feature, air conditioning is now considered essential in today’s cars and trucks. Try and imagine living through one of Arizona’s sizzling summers without it. Though most motorists pay little heed to their car or truck’s climate control, a modicum of care and maintenance is necessary to ensure the system doesn’t falter when it’s needed the most.
For starters, even if the weather is temperate, be sure to run the air conditioner for at least 10 minutes every week to help maintain the correct coolant pressure and ensure the system’s compressor is working properly.
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3 Reasons Your Car May Be Overheating
Summer heat is brutal in Tucson and precautions should be made to prevent overheating. The three items listed below are common problems that cause overheating,
- LOW COOLANT – check the radiator tank and overflow reservoir—it sounds obvious, but it is number one for a reason.
- BAD FAN OR FAN CLUTCH - The fan pulls air through the cooling fins of the radiator, no airflow at low speeds causes overheating.
- BAD THERMOSTAT VALVE - It regulates engine heat by opening and closing, based on coolant temperature. Valves that get stuck prevent coolant from flowing through the ...[more]
Is Your Air Conditioner Stressed?
How Your Auto Air Conditioning Works
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