Timing Belt
The timing belt rotates the cam shafts which open and close the valves that allow air, fuel, and exhaust to flow through the engine as it powers your car when you drive around Austin.An old timing belt can lose a tooth in the belt allowing it to slip. The engine could stop or misfire. Timing belt...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on January 10, 2021
Do you have any plans around Austin, Texas, for the weekend? Maybe you and some friends are taking the boat up to the lake. Maybe you'll be having a lot of fun water skiing and doing a little fishing.You got the boat all ready. It's all gassed up. You packed lots of snacks and the cooler's stock...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on February 16, 2020
When it comes to preventive maintenance on our vehicles, most of us Austin drivers remember to get our oil changed. But services that occur at longer intervals like transmission service sometimes get overlooked. Yet transmission service is part of car care. A poorly maintained transmiss...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on April 14, 2019
Your engine is like a finely choreographed dance. All the parts have to work together. If the timing is off at the ballet, dancers crash into each other and fall down. It the timing is off in your engine, it may not run at all. One of the most intricate dances in your engine has to do wit...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on April 08, 2018
If you've been paying attention, you've noticed that vehicle engines are getting more and more powerful in Austin. At the same time, they are getting better and better fuel economy. I've gotta tell 'ya, most of that's because of technological advances in transmissions. To get a better und...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on February 13, 2018
Let's talk about transmission service. It can be easy for Austin drivers to forget about getting their transmission serviced because it doesn't need it very often. It's easier for people in Texas to remember to change the engine oil - you know, every 3,000 miles or 5,000 kilometers. But proper tr...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on January 15, 2018
Most vehicles have automatic transmissions, yet a lot of Austin drivers only have a fuzzy understanding about what a transmission does. Think back to the last time you rode a bike in Austin. You started out in a lower gear and shifted to higher gears as you went faster. Down shift for hil...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on April 16, 2017
Any Austin driver who understands preventive maintenance knows that if it ain't broke, don't fix it is bad auto advice. Replacing a part before it breaks is much less for Austin residents than repairing the engine damage that comes after a part breaks or fails. A good example of this is the serpe...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on January 02, 2017
In your engine, valves over each combustion chamber open to allow fresh air in, close during the combustion event, and then other valves open to let out the exhaust. All of this happens over and over thousands of times a minute when you are driving around Austin. The timing belts important job is...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on May 15, 2016
So you have some exciting plans for the weekend. You're going to take some of your friends out on the boat for some water skiing. Of course, you've gotten the boat all ready. And you haven't forgotten about your tow vehicle. You've gassed it up and even vacuumed it out. However, there is somet...
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Posted in Timing Belt
on May 09, 2016
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