Car & Vehicle Repair Blog Ottawa

Tips For Safely Operating Your Generator. What’s worse than a blackout? Experiencing a blackout with a generator that isn’t working well or that you don’t know how to operate carefully. You won’t want to end up with a disaster or in an emergency situation in the dark....

When You Should Replace Your Car Tires. Having good tires underneath your vehicle is a necessity for proper safety. Good tires also help your vehicle to perform well and be efficient too. Unfortunately, a lot of car owners aren’t quite sure when it’s time to replace...

Engine Light Fixes. Ever wonder why that annoying engine light of your is always coming on? It’s annoying, isn’t it? We know! That’s why we want to show you the top five reasons your engine light is coming on. We’ll even give you tips on fixing each of them. The O2...

Are Hybrids Really Cheaper?. Hybrids cost less? You would automatically think they are, right? Well, when weighed against their gas-only counterparts, only about 32% of analysed hybrids showed a lower overall ownership cost. Apparently for the hybrid, there have been...

When You Lock Your Keys In Your Car This Magic Trick Will Help. It has happened to the best of us and it is a terrible feeling when you lock your keys in your car. This is especially true if you really have to go somewhere and you’re in a hurry. Of course if you left...

Tips To Help You Maintain Your Car’s Engine Oil. If you understand anything about vehicles, you would know that engine oil is to your car, what blood is to your body. Just like blood in the body, engine oil needs to be present, clean and effectively pumped through the...

Tips On How To Identify Sludge In Your Engine. Having sludge in your engine can cause a number of serious problems, that you don’t want to happen to your vehicle. These kind of problems can lead you to spend hundreds of dollars on repairs. It occurs when the sludge...

Extending Your Car’s Battery Life . You don’t want to wake up one morning (which is probably very likely to be the busiest morning of the century) and realize that your car won’t start, because the battery’s done. That would be ridiculously inconvenient! You want to...

Reasons For A Flat Battery. The leading causes of vehicles breakdowns are flat or faulty batteries. Car batteries need the chance to recharge or re-boost themselves and making short trips aren’t enough to give your battery that chance. There are some things that you...