Car & Vehicle Repair Blog Ottawa
Accidents With Animals On The Road
Accidents With Animals On The Road. No matter where you live, you’re going to encounter an animal on the road at some point in time. It’s best that you know how to handle a situation like that. Read on so that you’ll have a good idea of what to do if you’re on a...
Easy Ways To Get Rid Of Bugs On Your Car.
Easy Ways To Get Rid Of Bugs On Your Car.. Bugs are gross. Well, at least to most of us and to our cars too. When it’s bug season, the little annoying critters seem to have no mercy! It’s like they come up with a dastardly little plan in their buggy little heads about...
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...