Category: Car Services and Maintenance

Filling your gas tank with the wrong kind of fuel can cause serious damage to your engine. No need to panic, however; just follow these four simple steps: If you HAVE NOT started the engine:1. Don’t start the engine.2. Tell a gas station attendant what’s happened.3. Ask someone to help you push your car out […]

Having your car parked for a long time (at least for one month) can have a big impact on your vehicle’s condition. This is without a doubt the case for many Australia cars after a long period of Covid-19 lockdown. To make sure you and your car are safe when you start driving again, certain […]

Whether it’s winter or summer, anyone can benefit from useful tips for changing and maintaining tyres and wheels. Tyres are not just rubber seals around your wheels, they are high-tech inventions designed to carry your car many miles. The tyre market is huge, and tyres can greatly affect your steering, safety and overall fuel economy. […]

Buying a used car often is challenging especially if you do not know about cars or have no mechanical background. The issue is that you can never know if the vehicle status is how it looks to be or it is different. Losing money on used cars commonly happens everywhere however with just a little […]

It’s almost impossible to ignore windshield wipers when they squeak. Many people liken that awful, repetitive noise to the disturbing sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. If you hear squeaking, you are probably going to find it distracting while you are driving. You won’t be able to relax to music or focus on the […]

Ever wondered why each service on your vehicle is not the same? We’ll give you all the lowdown of the difference between a Minor and Major Service. The main difference between the minor and major vehicle service is the amount of time and parts required to carry out the vehicle’s specific maintenance schedule, but there […]

Your car’s headlights are one of the most important pieces of safety equipment on the vehicle. It’s worse than running at night with one eye closed: You’ve lost the illumination from one of your headlights. Either a bulb has burned out or a minor accident has claimed the lens, the reflector, or perhaps the lamp’s entire […]

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 […]