Timing Belt
The transmission system in your vehicle allows you to change gears. Lower gears are power gears. They get your vehicle moving and get it up hills. Higher gears get the vehicle up to speed and get it rolling faster. If you have a stan...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on March 25, 2020
Do you have any plans around Melvindale, Michigan, for the weekend? Maybe you and some friends are taking the boat up to the lake. Maybe you'll be having a lot of fun water skiing and doing a little fishing.You got the boat all ready...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on March 20, 2020
Your engine is like a finely choreographed dance. All the parts have to work together. If the timing is off at the ballet, dancers crash into each other and fall down. It the timing is off in your engine, it may not run at all. One o...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on February 22, 2020
So you have some exciting plans for the weekend. You're going to take some of your friends out on the boat for some water skiing. Of course, you've gotten the boat all ready. And you haven't forgotten about your tow vehicle. You've g...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on February 17, 2020
The timing belt rotates the cam shafts which open and close the valves that allow air, fuel, and exhaust to flow through the engine as it powers your car when you drive around Melvindale.An old timing belt can lose a "tooth" in the belt allowing it to slip. The engine could stop or misfire. Timin...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on July 14, 2019
Any Melvindale driver who understands preventive maintenance knows that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is bad auto advice. Replacing a part before it breaks is much less costly for Melvindale residents than repairing the engine damage that comes after a part breaks or fails. A good example of ...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on April 21, 2019
When it comes to preventive maintenance on our vehicles, most of us Melvindale drivers remember to get our oil changed. But services that occur at longer intervals — like transmission service — sometimes get overlooked. Yet transmiss...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on July 02, 2018
Most vehicles have automatic transmissions, yet a lot of Melvindale drivers only have a fuzzy understanding about what a transmission does. Think back to the last time you rode a bike in Melvindale. You started out in a lower gear an...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on April 15, 2018
The serpentine belt is aptly named since it snakes around under your hood. It may lack its namesake's fangs, but it sure packs a wallop when it breaks.The serpentine belt powers a lot of engine systems. It runs the alternator, which c...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on March 27, 2018
Let's talk about transmission service. It can be easy for Melvindale drivers to forget about getting their transmission serviced because it doesn't need it very often. It's easier for people in Michigan to remember to change the engine oil - you know, every 3,000 miles or 5,000 kilometers. But pr...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on December 11, 2017
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