TPMS: Relearn and Programming Misconceptions
Servicing vehicles with TPMS is a challenge (at best) without the correct installation information, parts and tools.
WATCH: What’s the Right Way to Remove a Gasket?
To do the job right, your customers might need a double-sided scraper that’s specifically designed to remove old gaskets from aluminum parts without scratching or gouging the surface.
Windshield Wipers Need to Be Replaced at Least Once a Year
For whatever reason, windshield wipers are one of the most neglected parts on a vehicle.
Cartridge vs. Spin-on Oil Filters
No matter what style of oil filter your customer needs, the quality of the element is what’s most important.
Extreme-Weather Driving: Sales Opportunities for Auto Parts Professionals
Counter pros are in an ideal position to help motorists prepare for Mother Nature’s wrath.
Brake Friction: Understanding the FMSI D-Number
The FMS part-numbering system ensures that from the manufacturer through the parts store and repair shop, one part number is used as the standard and as a common language.
Ignition Coils: Last Remnant of the Traditional Ignition System
Although the basic principles of induction and electromagnetism haven’t changed in the 100-plus years since its introduction, the current incarnation of the ignition coil is a much more reliable, compact and long-lasting unit than those used in previous designs.
Serpentine Belt Sizing Issue for Auto Parts Professionals
Translating a belt’s length or markings into a usable part number can be challenging, especially given all the different ways customers present their requests.
Automotive Batteries: Jump-Start Your Knowledge
In the automotive world, lead-acid batteries have been a mainstay for many decades, and it’s been more than 50 years since we went from six-volts to 12-volts as standard battery power.
Why Fuel Injectors Fail
Fuel injection has been the primary system in nearly every production engine made in the past two decades.
Power-Assisted Braking: How It Works, and What Can Go Wrong
A power booster gives the brake system superpowers – allowing a grandmother on the way to church to stop as quickly as Arnold Schwarzenegger on the way to his helicopter.
Starters and Alternators: When a Return Shouldn’t Be a Return
As many as eight in 10 returns of starters and alternators turn out to be false failures. Usually, misdiagnosis is the culprit.
