Vehicle – Maintenance

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Maintenance

Signs of a Bad Alternator or Battery

To understand whether you have a bad alternator or a bad battery, you need to understand how a car’s engine starts. Engines start using a cyclical process – the battery...

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Maintenance

How to Test a Car Battery

If you notice the headlights on your car are dim or your engine has a slow crank, then it might be time to test your car’s battery. Knowing when and...

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Maintenance

What Is an Ignition Coil?

An ignition coil, as its name suggests, plays a vital role in igniting the engine. This small yet potent device delivers up to 60,000 volts of power to the spark...

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Maintenance

What Is Antifreeze and What Does It Do?

Antifreeze sounds pretty self-explanatory, right? You might think it’s just something that keeps your car from freezing in the winter months, but there’s more to it than that. Antifreeze keeps...

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Maintenance

12 Reasons Why Your Car Won’t Start

It’s one of the worst things that can happen to a driver. You turn the key in your car’s ignition, perhaps hear a few alarming noises and then nothing. Whether...

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