Lansing Automotive Repair & Maintenance Video Blog
Lansing auto repair and maintenance blog was created to provide ongoing educational material for our readers. Our topics include a variety of repair and maintenance categories along with over 50 professionally filmed videos.
My goal is to provide you with important, informative and educational information, auto repair tips and advice.
I will try to simplify everything I blog about so you can take this information and apply it right away.
This information will save you time, money and turn you into a more educated and informed customer.
Auto Repair Back Ground Information
The editor of the Lansing Auto Repair Blog has over 15 years experience repairing todays vehicles including domestic and import cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, motor homes, light duty trucks and heavy duty trucks. He has also managed many shops in and around the Lansing area. He currently has been in business for himself since 2001.
Thursday - February 02, 2012
Fuel Injector Cleaning In Dewitt, Holt, and Okemos
In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your sedan engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every single fuel-injected car driving down Dewitt, Holt, and Okemos roads.
Let's talk about deciphering the auto service menu board. Lansing, Michigan service centers like Lansing PFS Auto Care have a board that lists the routine services they provide. But some people don't know what these services really are unless they ask. Let's go down a typical list, in alphabetical order, starting with air conditioning service.
This fuel saving tip is so simple, no one from here to Holt will believe it. It has to do with your gas cap.
The first thing is to make sure it's screwed on tight. If it's loose, gas vapor will be constantly leaking out; wasted gas.
And air will get in and that can cause your oxygen sensor to read incorrectly and the oxygen sensor.... Read More
Wednesday - January 11, 2012
Fuel Saving Tip: Car Weight And Your Michigan Driving
Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from here to Okemos knows this makes sense.
Some of us in the Okemos area carry a bunch of unnecessary weight, and I'm not talkin' what you see in the mirror.
Guys; sports equipment and tools. Ladies; well, just take a look.... Read More
Wednesday - January 04, 2012
Saving Lives In Lansing With Tire Pressure
All new passenger vehicles on our Lansing Michigan roads now have tire pressure monitoring systems – TPMS for short. They are designed to alert you if your tires are under inflated. Since they are fairly new, a lot of people have questions about TPMS.
First off, the most important thing is that you still need to check your tire pressure every week – or at least.... Read More
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