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What is the Differential in My Vehicle?

The differential in your vehicle has to be working effectively to be able to transfer power from the motor and transmission to the car wheels. The differential is between those parts and the drive shaft and has liquid and gears in the housing all working together to keep the car moving.

One issue you may experience is if the differential gasket is leaking, now not enough oil is keeping the gears protected. 

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How Many Parts Make Up a Brake System?

The original brake systems were relatively simple in design and use. When depressing the brake pedal, the driver was pushing forward a set of blocks on the forward wheels to create friction to slow, and eventually stop, the vehicle. Since then, many brake designs have been used. Today, the brake system coordinates with the whole of the vehicle for many purposes.

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Schedule Your Vehicle Engine Cooling & Radiator Maintenance

The cooling system in your vehicle has a number of parts that all need to be operating together in order for the engine parts to stay at a certain temperature. These are a few of those parts that will be inspected during the cooling system check-up.

  • The radiator and fan work together to move the engine coolant so it stays at just the right temperature.
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What Causes a Motor to Overheat?

One of the reasons a car’s motor overheats is because the radiator clogs. Dead bugs can plug up a radiator. Sediments and rust can build up inside the radiator also. Another cause of overheating is a broken or slow-moving cooling fan.

There are many components to a vehicle’s cooling system, and all of them need to work at optimum conditions in order to keep the engine from becoming hot. 

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When Should I Replace My Fuel Lines?

If for no other reason than accessibility, fuel lines often run along an exposed path from the fuel tank to the engine. Such fuel lines consist of metal and are pre-bent and flared before installation. The fuel is not the culprit that makes one of these lines spring a leak. The principal reason for leakage in this area is impact. 

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Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement

Your vehicle isn’t much use to you unless you can see where you’re going. Windshield wiper blades help provide you with that ability by keeping the windshield glass free of rain water, snow, ice, and dirt. With the constant clearing away of the elements, the rubber on the wipers begins to crack and lose effectiveness. They need to be replaced periodically.

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The Importance of Muffler Maintenance

While you may think something like the engine or the tires on your vehicle are most important, the muffler is actually one of the more important parts of your vehicle. Without this as part of your exhaust system, your vehicle would be extremely loud and it would be extremely inefficient. In addition to your muffler and exhaust taking care of the noise levels that your vehicle is producing, your muffler will also contribute to the backpressure that is provided to the engine. 

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Go With Who you can Trust

With a multitude of places to look for a pre-owned vehicle, it makes it difficult to choose where you should look. As always, the best place to go for a vehicle is a dealership. All the pre-owned vehicle on the lot have been inspected and made sure that they are fit for resale. A private seller is not obligated to check for problems in a vehicle before they sell it, so the vehicle that you are getting may have something wrong with it.

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Let Us Find Your Next Vehicle For You

When you start searching for a new car, use our CarFinder service simplify your search. Instead of looking through thousands of vehicles that you know you don’t want, we will send you the ones that you do want. All you have to do is give us the information on the vehicle, then we will find it for you; once we do, we will send you all the information on it so that you can make the final decision.

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4 Reasons Your Car Battery May be About to Fail

The battery in your car is currently powering more than you think. While it is responsible for cranking the engine over, in newer cars it powers the windows, doors, instrument panel, radio, phone chargers, windshield wipers, and headlights. Our service center has identified the top 4 reasons your car battery may be in need of replacement.
Be on the lookout for the following signs of a weak battery:
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