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The Future of Buying Cars?

The number of people that have turned to the internet to buy auto parts and also purchase vehicles has steadily risen over the last decade. Thanks to sites like, AutoTrader and CarMax consumers have gained access to a much larger market of new and used cars. These sites have added some integrity to the online…

Top Stolen Cars of 2011

Yesterday, The National Insurance Crime Bureau, NCIB for short, released their annual Hot Wheels report. This study takes stolen car information from law enforcement agencies around the country, and lists which year, make and model of vehicles are stolen the most. Whenever a car is reported stolen it makes this report. The top ten stolen…

What Does a Knock Sensor Do?

Knock sensors are the units in vehicles that monitor the pinging in the motor and help control the timing of the engine. The computer uses the input from the knock sensor along with the O2 sensors and air fuel ratio sensor to adjust the timing and fuel mixture in the pistons. The engine in a…

What is a Crank Position Sensor?

Modern engines run by using a number of specialized sensors such as Air Fuel Ratio Sensor or O2 Sensor units. While the air flow in an engine is extremely important there are other factors that need to be measured such as the position of all the parts of the motor at any given time. The…

What Can Debris Do to Your Car?

Each one of use knows that when it comes to cars we all know that debris on the road can be dangerous to our ride. A shredded semi tire can hurt the body of a car as much as a collision with a pole and sometimes it can be worse. The other day a couch…

How to Choose the Proper Tire Size?

Tires like people come in all shapes and sizes, from monster trucks to lawn mowers they all take some sort of tire. There can be so many choices when buying tires it can be confusing. Tires are not like a wheel hub assembly or wheel bearing assembly there are tons that can fit on the…

Is That Smoke Coming From My Tailpipe?

It can be a scary experience…not to mention nerve racking. Making that daily commute to work and BOOM a huge cloud of smoke starts to for behind your car. The mind starts to race with all the problems that could be causing this situation is my motor dead, has my turbo gone bad and if…

Get Rid of that Squeal from under the Hood

There are lots of noises that come with operating a vehicle, from the hum of the fuel pump to the whine of a supercharger. The whistle of the turbocharger or the quiet roar of the tires on the pavement they are all sounds we get accustom to. The one sound that is common that most…

What does the Alternator Do?

Cars run a number of systems each of which has a specific task, all of these processes function with one commonality. They all in one way or another rely on electricity from the battery to keep them going. While the diesel fuel pumps and diesel injector both run on electrical impulses many other systems rely…

Why is an Intercooler so Important to a Turbocharged Car?

The internal combustion engine found in today’s cars is basically the world’s most mass produced heat pump. It converts what are basically the remains of dinosaurs into heat through the process of combustion. The combustion is used to force the pistons in the motor downward creating a torqueing motion on the crankshaft. This motion is…