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Does a car or truck’s air filter stop wildfire smoke? (VIDEO)

Can a vehicle’s air filtration help keep you safe from wildfire smoke and poor air quality?

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There really are a ton of automotive door styles

Largely supercar fare, wild points of entry have no shortage of variety.

Is your shop ready for the 4-day work week?

A shop foreman who did it for a year gained some firsthand experience that might help you answer the question.

The rarely seen control arm-mounted trailer ball rears its head

I really hope the whole week doesn’t go like this.

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Don’t Overlook This Step When Servicing Brakes (VIDEO)

A brake service job isn’t complete unless the reservoir cap’s diaphragm has been pushed back into place. This simple step is easy to forget, but it helps to reduce brake fluid contamination and ensure proper system function.

7 low-tech tips to help bleed difficult brakes

Bleeding brakes is one of those jobs most of us know how to do, but when a hard-to-bleed system pops up, experienced techs have a few additional tricks up their sleeves to help get the job done.

Why service writers should always charge a diag fee – and let techs earn it

Vehicle diagnosis is no walk in the park. Proper diagnosis is critical and difficult, and it shouldn’t be done without doing the work.

Choosing the right oil filter’s more complicated than you think

Installing an old-fashioned filter on a modern vehicle because that’s what’s in stock may not be the best course of action.

The Toyota Tacoma just doesn’t make sense any more

Hordes of man-bunned millennials and newly-minted softroaders probably just picked up their pitchforks and are calling for my blood.

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