Car & Vehicle Repair Blog Ottawa
Power-Steering Fluid can save other components in your ride
Power-Steering Fluid can save other components in your ride. Do you know what your power steering is? Do you know how to change the oil? Basically, it’s the hydraulic fluid that transmits the power for your steering. To change power staring oil you have to drain or...
You May Be Prematurely Aging Your Car
You May Be Prematurely Aging Your Car. Winter is brutal on cars and you may think you don't like the freezing wind on your face and the frigid air that finds its way in your bones but your car doesn't like it just as much as all of us. Plus your bad habits are likely...
Having Fuel Issues?
Having Fuel Issues?. Most of the complaints heard by small engine repair technicians seem to stem from problems with ethanol fuel. Ethanol is alcohol which is an excellent solvent. It can dissolve plastic, rubber, fiberglass, and more. Ethanol is also hygroscopic,...
Warning Signs, Causes And Testing For A Seized Engine
Warning Signs, Causes And Testing For A Seized Engine. One of the issues which may require some of the most expensive and extensive repairs in your motor vehicle, is a seized engine. There are a number of little things which, if left unattended, may lead up to this...
How To Tell If Your Car Needs An Oil Change
How To Tell If Your Car Needs An Oil Change. If you want to keep your vehicle’s engine working at its best ability for a very long time, you need to ensure that you constantly monitor and regularly change the oil. For the newer model vehicles, you should change your...
Common ATV Problems
Common ATV Problems. Nothing works perfectly...well at least not forever. That includes your ATV, so that means that you’ll be likely to experience some problems, just like the owners of other ATVs. We’ll show you some of the usual problems that people experience with...
Gas Mileage Advice To Help You Save $$$
Gas Mileage Advice To Help You Save $$$. Your vehicle’s gas mileage is really important for you to understand and to focus on. It has become exceedingly important over the last decade, in relation to the new vehicles that consumers choose. That’s why it’s so important...
Ford Publicizes Its EV Patents, All In The Name Of Development.
Ford Publicizes Its EV Patents, All In The Name Of Development.. Now publicly available? – Ford’s new patents for its electric vehicles. It has done that to make it known to competing automakers that their electric vehicle technology is being constantly and...
Driving in fog can be safe if you know how to do it
Driving in fog can be safe if you know how to do it. Driving is all about what you can see and if you’re driving when visibility is reduced, that’s one of the most dangerous things you can do. Visibility generally becomes restricted due to dense fog. We have compiled...
Winter Myth Buster: Should You Warm Up Your Car Before Driving?
Winter Myth Buster: Should You Warm Up Your Car Before Driving?. Winter in Ottawa is cold and we all warm up our cars before we get in them to drive, especially when it is really cold out. Aside from the added benefit of warming up the cabin so you don't freeze your...