TOOL RULES: The Service Advisor – Ball-Style Hone – An Edge-Cutting Automotive Tool
From prepping combustion cylinders to deglazing brake drums, many automotive applications benefit from the de-burring, edge-blending and other finishing capabilities of the fast, economical and performance-enhancing ball-style hone.
Service Advisor: BRAKING BAD
Fixing A GM Brake Noise
Service Advisor: Ringing In Replacements
Piston Ring Service
Service Advisor
Motor Oil’s Effect on Clean Engines; and a Super-Duty Headache
Service Advisor: Time to Make a Tool Decision
Discovering special tools to change timing belts
Service Advisor: A Plug’s Life
How to Read Spark Plugs
Service Advisor: Things Are Heating Up!
A fairly recent entrant into the tool side of the collision repair industry is the heat inductor. Well, it’s nothing new really. Heat inductors have been around in various industries for about 100 years and are commonly used in the manufacturing process for things like case hardening of gears and shafts. They’re also used in cook tops on stoves to allow a quicker, more even heat. But heat inductors are relatively new to the collision repair industry.
Service Advisor- How Motor Oil and Additives are Consumed During Oil Drain Interval
Maintaining oil drain intervals to those established by OEMs is always recommended because they know how each of their vehicles engines performs in the field. Always consult the owners manual for oil specification and drain interval. Premium quality motor oil will maintain its effectiveness over the life of the drain without a significant drop in
Service Advisor – Specialty Engine Oils: Are They Really Different?
Higher Mileage Engine Oils
Service Advisor – What does SAE 10W-30 actually mean?
We all know to check the owners manual to find out which weight oil should be used in the engine of a vehicle, and also generally know to only use motor oils with American Petroleum Institute Certification, designated by the starburst displayed clearly on the container, in most vehicles. But what really is the difference
T2s Service Advisor – Read Any Good Calipers, Lately?
Science Friction: Disc brake calipers come in many sizes and configurations, including fixed-caliper, multi-piston designs, and the more modern floating-caliper, single piston designs that may also contain a mechanically actuated parking brake. Needless to say, disc brake calipers have undergone a series of design changes that continue to make them more adaptable to late-model vehicle
What Causes a Fuel Pump to Get a Failing Grade?
Adapted from Underhood Service