Pete Meier explains how vehicle usage and oil/filter quality should affect your maintenance schedules.
Is the Oil Change Interval in a Vehicle’s Owner’s Manual Always the Right Choice? (VIDEO)
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Betcha Haven’t Serviced the Tool You Use on Every Job
The most dangerous thing we do all day long is one most of us don’t think about: we raise a vehicle weighing a ton or three high in the air and work beneath it. And yet, lifts aren’t maintained well in most shops. I’ve seen lifts out of plumb, bent legs, lifts with...
The Other Way to Use a File that Many Mechanics Don’t Know (VIDEO)
The Other Way to Use a File that Many Mechanics Don’t Know (VIDEO) Description Need a smooth finish on a part you’re cleaning up with a file? Lemmy shows how draw filing can achieve a clean result with a totally different method of holding a traditional...
Inside Global (Generic) OBD-II
The engine control module (ECM) could just as correctly be referred to as the emissions control module. Its primary function is to ensure that tailpipe emissions remain at or below the emissions standards to which the vehicle was originally certified. The ECM turns on...
Watch This Video On Dry Sump Oil Systems
Recently, I was talking with Shop Press head honcho (Chief Bottle Washer—Ed.) Lemmy about something I wasn’t familiar with: dry sump oil systems. If you’re a newer tech who hasn’t worked on any high-end sports cars, you also might not be familiar with these systems....
Basic Brake Fluid Testers Are Far More Sophisticated Than You’d Expect
My brake fluid tester sits in a drawer in my box, patiently waiting to dip its little legs in pools of iffy brake fluid. It really isn’t a tool I think about much, even while I’m using it. It’s that simple. Or at least I thought it was. Much like the tester you...