Too Often, We Focus On An Automotive ‘Problem’ As A Single Part
When presented with a “dead” battery, a customer often blames the battery for the vehicle’s failure to start.
Timing Belt Replacement Is An Opportune Time To Help Your Customer
For the technician, timing belt replacement can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive repair. For the consumer, this translates into a hefty repair bill for a service that may need to be performed more than once during the life of their vehicle. For the parts specialist, it presents an excellent opportunity to sell all the parts and supplies required to perform this often complicated repair.
Cool Under Pressure: Choosing The Correct Coolant For The Job
Modern coolants, in their many colors and compositions, have helped extend the service intervals and replacement schedules of cooling system components. Driven in part by the OEMs longer powertrain warranty, many components are engineered to last beyond this “magic number,” sometimes up to 100,000 miles.
Ball Joint Engineering: Greasable And Sealed
One of the most frequent questions from my undercar customers is in regards to the availability of “greasable” chassis parts. Sealed-for-life components are very common at the OEM level, but many technicians have a definite preference for aftermarket greasable components. This poses the question: If greasable suspension joints are so popular, why don’t many modern suspensions have grease fittings anymore?
