About: Brad Paugh

How Much Does a Starter Cost? The job of your vehicle’s starter is self-explanatory; it gets the crankshaft turning, so the fuel injectors and ignition system can get the engine fully started. Unless you have a manual transmission and you can push-start your vehicle, starter failure either means a tow truck or fixing it right…

How Much Does a Wheel Hub Cost? Car repair and tune ups are always needed at some point in your car’s life. With time and usage components become worn out and inefficient. The wheels are obviously one of the most heavily used parts, so maintaining a solid connection between the wheels and the car chassis…

  If you’re able to clearly see a city’s skyline or breathe easily in an urban area, you can thank the catalytic converter. At its most basic level, it acts as a filter on your vehicle’s exhaust. Instead of using a regular filtration element to capture particles, it’s loaded with metallic compounds that chemically react…

Superchargers are extremely efficient ways to make good and true horsepower on a vehicle. While a supercharger does create some parasitic loss, the horsepower it creates is worth the draw. A supercharger will last as long as the car if they are properly maintained but they do fail from time to time. Failure of a…

Introduction: An ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) is an enhanced braking system which is commonly found in newer automobiles. An anti-lock brake sensor or ABS sensor is a type of tachometer that measures the rotational speed of a wheel and passes it to the car's Engine Control Module (ECM). The ABS sensor is also called the…

How Much Do Control Arms Cost? Unsteady car movements? Or having difficulty steering? A control arm is a likely source of these problems. A vehicle’s control arm is part of the suspension system and connects the steering rack to the wheels. Over time and with usage, the control arm will get worn out and unstable.…

Introduction: The distributor is the component that transfers the voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs. The primary components of the distributor include the rotor and the cap, in which the former spins inside the latter. The cap has the output contacts. The distributor is driven by the engine's camshaft. How does a…

  An alternator converts the engine's mechanical energy into the electrical energy needed to recharge the car's battery. It also supplies voltage to various electrical parts of the vehicle. A voltage regulator maintains a uniform flow of current from the alternator to the vehicle's various electrical parts. While standard alternators are used in mainstream automobiles,…