If the fuel system in your minivan is dirty, you will be hurting your gas mileage and losing performance as you drive around St. Peter, MN.
Unless they drive a vintage car, St. Peter motorists have fuel injectors which need to be properly maintained. That is why your minivan owner’s manual has a schedule for cleaning your fuel injectors and other parts of your fuel system.
Your knowledgeable service advisor at Autotronics of ST Peter in St. Peter has the tools and chemicals to do the job right. Autotronics of ST Peter uses a process that gives your car a deep, professional fuel system cleaning. The particles, gum and varnish that build up in your fuel system are removed so that it can run cleanly and efficiently.
After a professional fuel system cleaning at Autotronics of ST Peter, you’ll notice more power, improved fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions. AutoNetTV strongly recommends you follow your manufacturers fuel system cleaning service recommendations to keep your minivan running strong.
St. Peter car owners don’t need the added expense of replacing a fuel injector that’s been damaged by neglect. Check with your knowledgeable Autotronics of ST Peter service advisor and see when your car is scheduled for an essential fuel system cleaning.
If the fuel system in your vehicle is dirty, you will be hurting your engine and losing performance as you drive around St. Peter, MN.
Unless they drive a vintage car, St. Peter auto owners have fuel injectors which need to be properly maintained. That is why your vehicle owner’s manual has a schedule for cleaning your fuel injectors and other parts of your fuel system.
Your friendly and knowledgeable service advisor at Autotronics of St. Peter in St. Peter has the tools and chemicals to do the job right. Autotronics of St. Peter uses a process that gives your car a deep, professional fuel system cleaning. The particles, gum and varnish that build up in your fuel system are removed so that it can run cleanly and efficiently.
After a professional fuel system cleaning atAutotronics of St. Peter, you’ll notice more power, improved and reduced exhaust emissions. We strongly recommend you follow your fuel system cleaning service recommendations to keep your vehicle running strong.
St. Peter drivers don’t need the added expense of replacing a fuel injector that’s been damaged by neglect. Check with your friendly and knowledgeable Autotronics of St. Peter service advisor and see when your car is scheduled for fuel system cleaning.
In our auto video today we’ll be talking with Alan Peterson about myths surrounding automotive maintenance. You can lump these myths into the statement that “modern cars are so reliable, they are virtually maintenance free”.
Any good myth has some elements of truth. No offense to St. Peter Bigfoot fans, but this maintenance-free myth has more evidence than most. If we look at some isolated areas of auto maintenance, we could conclude that maintenance isn’t so important. But other areas would just as easily lead you to believe that maintenance is more important than ever.
Here are some examples for our friends in St. Peter.
Some cars in St. Peter no longer require chassis lubrication. They’re made with self-lubricating materials and have sealed joints. There’s literally is no way to grease those joints.
-Chalk one up for the myth.
On the other side, some vehicles come with sophisticated variable valve timing. A lot of complicated parts up in the valve train that didn’t even exist not that many years ago. These parts are very vulnerable to oil sludge.
So, skipping an oil change here and there could lead to very expensive damage.
-A point to maintenance.
Electronic ignition has eliminated replacing points.
-Myth gets a point.
Fuel injectors on direct injection engines are very expensive to replace so one must be sure to get a fuel system cleaning on schedule.
-Point for maintenance.
I think you get the picture. As automotive technology advances, it eliminates or reduces some maintenance requirements. And maintenance becomes more critical for some items. Most others remain very similar to what they’ve always been.
So the maintenance mindset is still important for car owners in St. Peter if we want our vehicles to last a long time. The checklist may change over time, but there’ll always be a check list.
Let me mention a couple of items on modern vehicles that folks need to be aware of. One of the most of the most important is timing belt replacement. Used to be that all engines had timing chains – you know, metal chains. They rarely broke.
It’s cheaper to make engines with timing belts rather than chains, so replacing the timing belt is on most engines’ maintenance list. The money the manufacturer saves by using a belt is more than off-set by what the vehicle owner has to pay to replace the belt. And it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of repairing the damage if the timing belt breaks.
So make sure you know when your timing belt needs to be replaced. You don’t want to miss that. If you have 60,000 miles or more, break out your owner’s manual or ask your St. Peter service advisor at Autotronics of ST Peter to check on the recommendation right away.
Another is sealed wheel bearing assemblies on some vehicles. As you might have guessed, it’s cheaper to make a sealed unit than one that has access to inspect or service the wheel bearings. The problem is that when the bearings fail, you have to replace the entire unit, not just the bearings. That’ll cost 5 or 6 times as much.
For our friends in St. Peter, we hope this has underscored the importance of knowing and following your maintenance schedule. Come in and see us at Autotronics of ST Peter. You’ll find us at 111 Jefferson Avenue in St. Peter, MN 56082. Just give us a call at 507.934.9290.