Is your automatic transmission shifting rough or erratically? Transmissions are complex and fixing problems can be costly, but before you head to a shop, try a can of Sea Foam Trans Tune. Like gasoline, transmission fluid begins to form a sticky varnish as it ages. This varnish can gum up your transmission’s valve bodies, solenoids…
Fall is a busy time of year for power equipment. Mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaws and other small-engine machinery are in heavy service, sometimes right up until the first snowflakes fly. But when the grass stops growing and every last leaf has fallen, yard equipment needs to be made ready for winter storage —…
The temperature is falling, the leaves are dropping and soon, it will be time to pull your snowmobile out of storage and hit the trails. But before that happens, you’ll want to make sure your sled is ready to ride. Nothing will suck the joy out of bombing fresh drifts more than a broken machine,…
Whether it’s the first mow of the season or the last mow before storage, it’s frustrating when your lawn mower is hard to start or won’t start at all. The good news is that most of the time, lawn mower problems are the result of dirty components or poor fuel storage; sometimes both. Luckily, these…
Any auto technician will tell you that the best way to keep your vehicle’s engine running well is to keep up with routine maintenance. It might seem intimidating at first, but with a little patience, practice, and basic tools, you can affordably take care of some of your engine’s most important needs. The payback? An…
When your car’s engine fires up just fine, you expect it to get you where you need to go. It can be alarming and frustrating if instead, your engine dies. If this happens at any point — at a stop, during normal driving, acceleration or deceleration — you’re dealing with an engine stall. As the…
It’s driving 101: when you step on your car’s gas pedal, you expect to accelerate. Not only that, but the further you press the pedal, the faster you expect your car to move. If your throttle response is sluggish or your vehicle hesitates to get going, something is amiss, and you should address the problem…
In much of the country, fall and winter cold weather can make cars hard to start. When temperatures dip and engines get cold, batteries can weaken, oil thickens and fuel evaporates less quickly when it’s needed most — at startup. But hard engine starts aren’t just a cold weather phenomenon. If your vehicle needs to…
