This website was created to meet the needs of the serious amateur who wants learn and know how to maintain and repair his own car and learn auto repair skills, tips and principles.
A majority of car owners do not know much about their car. Well, for sure, this is true for new car owners. That’s why it is important to know a good car mechanic who has had a lot of experience with the type of car you use.
Learning the ropes of car maintenance is not an easy task. One has to spend a lot of time handling tools, equipment and has to have a lot of experience with regards to different types of vehicles.
My car is almost 100% back to being ready for a long drive. I just recently had it tuned up. I got the spark plugs replaced, air filter and fuel filter replaced, I had the oil in the engine flushed and replaced, I also replaced the fuel filter and had the muffler replaced, too.
Knowing what’s wrong with your car when it is making some noise or works differently than usual is not enough. You have to know what part has to be replaced and how to remove it and install the replacement part.
Repairing mechanical parts and the engine of cars and automobiles is what I wanted to learn when I was in high school. I liked the idea of understanding how things worked and understanding the part of each car part.
Have you had your car’s routine check up done? If not, when was the last time you had it checked? There are many car owners who do not check their car. The reasons are varied. Some are so busy to take time to do that. Others have so much money that they would rather pay for others to do that for them.
I am happy with the way my car is running lately. The most recent parts replacement I had were its ball joints, steering coupling, rubber bushing in the front and in the rear and I also had it camber aligned.
Car and engine mechanics that are focused on the job are more efficient than those who are not, especially if they have established a process on how to do a certain job. Just imagine if a mechanic has an ISO certification.
It has been weeks now, actually, almost a month already and I still have not received the promised reimbursement of the cost for my car parts replacement and repair. I am just depending on this expected money which I will use to get my car recarpeted.
After almost P15,000 spent our Nissan California is running normally again after it was submerged in flood. The only things I haven’t done yet are the replacement of the carpet on the floor and the leak test. I had it estimated and it will cost me about P5,000. I need have that done to make sure that when we get the new carpet, it won’t get soaked on water again. I also had the holes on the floor checked and patched up. (more…)