Month: April 2022

You take off the cap and look at the coolant.  You’ll find that coolant normally comes in 4 colours: yellow, blue, red, and green or shades of these. It looks good. Should you leave it in? If it’s been two years or more since the last time you drained it, the answer is probably no. […]

The term “shoes” and “drums” are used for vehicles equipped with drum brakes, while “pads” and “rotors” are used for the components of disc brakes. When you press the brake pedal, fluid in the master cylinder applies hydraulic pressure to a single wheel cylinder on each side, which in turn exerts an outward force that […]

Think of a timing belt like a bike chain for your vehicle—it keeps all the internal moving parts of an engine in sync. It also sometimes powers the water pump, oil pump and injection pump. The timing belt is a rubber belt with hard teeth that interlock with the cogwheels of the crankshaft and the […]