Car Maintenance Menu
You may not be familiar with all of the items on your auto service center’s menu board so here is a quick description of some of the typical services that might be listed. Remember, the board is there for reference; speak to your Precision Alignment & Brake Ltd service advisor [...]
Getting Fresh Air in Your Car
Air quality affects drivers, wherever they are located. Many decades ago, people began to become aware of how air pollution negatively affects health. But what about the air inside your vehicle? Cabin air filters are now coming on most new vehicles since the 2000 model year. These filters clean the air [...]
Your Engine Air Filter
Today in the Precision Alignment & Brake Ltd car care blog, we want to talk about your engine air filter. That’s the filter that cleans the air before it’s burned in your engine. Calgary drivers wonder how often they should change their engine air filter. The simple answer is when it’s dirty. [...]
Distracted Driving: What’s the most distracting food?
So what’s the most distracting food in the car? Is it: (A) A Hamburger (B) Coffee (C) A Soft Drink (D) Twizzlers Well, all but the licorice make the top ten, but coffee’s the number one food distraction. These distractions cause 25% of all car crashes, over a million and [...]
Your Vehicle’s Differential
When you take a corner in your car, the outside wheels have a slightly longer distance to go than the inside wheels. That means that the outside wheels have to turn a bit faster than the inside. The piece of mechanical wizardry that makes this possible is called the differential. [...]
Your Vehicle Head Gasket
Hello Calgary drivers, let’s talk about your head gasket. First, you have your engine block, a big hunk of metal that has the pistons and stuff in it. Then there is the cylinder head, which holds the cams and valves. The head gasket goes between the block and the head. There [...]