Care For Your Car How to increase the Longevity & Smooth Running of Your Car By understanding how your car works, you can appreciate what we may advise you to do. Listed below are some the things that we have learnt in over 26 years of providing outstanding service to our customers and why they keep coming back to us! Does Your Car Need A Service? Did you know that many modern cars only need a service once a year? And that older cars may need a service every six months? Your manufacturer's service handbook will let you know what is the best for you car, however the service you may require will also depend by the way you use your car. For example, if you use your car mainly for short journeys, your engines don't warm up fully and this can mean that you may need more oil and filter changes. Without these, the engine creates black sludge within it and this can lead to engine failure. When you come to see us, let us know how you use your car and we will make sure you get exactly what you need. Contact us for more information or just a chat about what you need. Why You Should Be Using Synthetic Lubricants As fuel becomes more expensive, we recommend using semi-synthetic and full synthetic lubricants as a way of providing the best protection for your engine and it will also increase your fuel efficiency. By reducing the initial start up wear, you increase the life of the engine and in the process reduce your repair costs. We have noticed through our extensive experience that using synthetic lubricants can achieve between 40-60km more on each tank of fuel that you use. If your car does 10 litres for every 100 kilometres and you use a tank of fuel per week, your fuel savings could be up to $8 per week or over $400 per year. This is based on a fuel cost of $1.40 per year. The additional cost of a semi-synthetic lubricant over a mineral oil is approximately $10 per service. With that in mind, you can see the savings that switching to a synthetic lubricant will bring you, along with increasing the longevity of you car. So talk to us today about synthetic lubricants - our team is more than happy to help! Contact us for more information about synthetic lubricants. Why Use An Engine Flush While oil filters remove sludge, tar, varnish and particles of over 25 microns, contaminants and wear metals less than 25 microns continue to circulate within the engine. These contaminants accumulate within passageways, oil pumps and oil pans blocking oil channels and end up reducing lubrication. This causes engine wear and sticky valves, resulting in sluggish performance and rough, noisy engines. Engine Flush cleans away loose carbon and sludge build up while remaining static to engine internals such as metal surfaces and rubber seals and gaskets. By clearing away the accumulated sludge and loose carbon deposits, compression, power and efficiency are restored as well as extending the life of you engine. Ask us about Engine Flushes today! Contact us for more information about Engine Flushes. Why Use A Fuel System Treatment Modern cars running with computers (ECU) and fuel injections are tuned for high performance but often only drive at less than half the engine's potential due to stop and start nature of city driving. This type of city driving increases carbon build up at the intake of valves and injectors. Dirty injectors provide poor spray patterns causing poor combustion, loss of power and high fuel consumption. By using the Fuel System Treatment that we offer, we clean the injectors and intake valves to restore them to peak efficiency, giving better fuel economy and improved throttle response. Make sure your car is running at its peak! Ask us about our Fuel System Treatment today! Contact us to learn more about our Fuel System Treatment. |