Cold Weather Check of Your Choice Cold weather affect different vehicles and their parts. We may not be getting ice or snow in the Rio Grande valley, but temperatures in Rio Rancho, Bernalillo and Corrales are cold enough to give you car trouble. A cold weather check...
Have you ever driven a vehicle without power steering? If you have, then you probably appreciate how much easier it is to drive today’s modern vehicles. Before power steering, all of the force to turn a vehicle had to come from the driver’s arms. That’s why old cars...
Synthetic Oil Change or Traditional Oil Change? That is the question. Or really, “Why does a synthetic oil change cost twice as much as a traditional oil change?” To answer that we have to look at the manufacturing process and the performance of the two products. A...
Keep Your Vehicle Another Couple of Years Rio Rancho area residents may remember when the U.S. government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program made a splash on the news scene. People were offered incentives to trade in old vehicles for new, in the interest of better and...
The timing belt in your engine controls the opening and closing of the intake and exhaust valves. Rio Rancho drivers need to replace it on a schedule to avoid failure. Timing belts are very difficult to get to, requiring quite a bit of labor to access. Replacement is...
