Auto Repair and Auto Care Tips
Bill’s Quality Auto Care Maintenance Tips: The Belt Goes On
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Today’s Bill’s Quality Auto Care auto maintenance article focuses on your serpentine belt. Your serpentine belt is a long belt that’s driven by your engine. It winds around several accessories that power important automotive systems. Let’s go over...
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PCV Valve Service At Bill’s Quality Auto Care In Simi Valley
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The PCV Valve is a little, inexpensive part that does a big job for Simi Valley drivers. PCV stands for Positive Crankcase Ventilation.
The crankcase is the bottom area of the engine that holds the oil. When the SUV engine’s running, fuel is burned to generate power....
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Suspension Service At Bill’s Quality Auto Care
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Suspension systems will continue to operate effectively for many years and tens of thousands of miles. Eventually SUV components do wear out, but how long that takes depends a lot on how you drive in Moorpark.
As you can imagine, if most of your driving is on smooth CA highways,...
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Bill’s Quality Auto Care Tire Safety: Washington vs. Lincoln
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Welcome to the Bill’s Quality Auto Care blog. Today, let’s talk about the effect of tire tread depth on braking. When talking about stopping power, most of us Thousand Oaks drivers tend to focus on our brakes. But our tires are where the rubber meets the road....
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Tire Replacement: What Moorpark Drivers Need to Know
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Looking at getting some new tires? The choices at Moorpark tire stores can be a little overwhelming. Suppose you have an SUV and are trying to decide between all season tires or some that are also rated for off-highway. Do you get off the payment on the outskirts of Moorpark...
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Moorpark Safety Systems: Tire Pressure Monitoring System
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Flats, blow outs, skids and longer stopping distances can all be the result of Moorpark folks driving around on under-inflated tires. Now, it’s hard to tell when a radial tire is under-inflated. If your manufacturer recommends 35 pounds of pressure, your SUV tire’s...
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Your Well Trained Technician At Bill’s Quality Auto Care
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When your SUV breaks down, or just needs some routine service, you might get a little nervous. Your car’s so important to your life in Moorpark, you need to back on the road as soon as possible – with the problem fixed right the first time.
If you’ve ever...
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Keep Your Cool In Moorpark: Air Conditioning Service
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Most Moorpark drivers wait for their air conditioning to fail before they service it at Bill’s Quality Auto Care. That’s because many Simi Valley and Moorpark motorists don’t really understand that automotive air conditioners need periodic service. Let me...
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Fuel Injector Cleaning In Simi Valley, Moorpark, and Thousand Oaks
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In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your SUV engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in...
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Clean Air for Your Engine: Engine Air Filters In Simi Valley
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Every Simi Valley car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty.
Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your SUV owner’s manual will have a recommendation...
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Tracking True In CA: Wheel Alignment In Moorpark
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Wheel alignment is often overlooked by busy Moorpark and Thousand Oaks car owners until serious tire damage has been done. One wheel can be knocked out of alignment from the rest by hitting a curb or pothole on Moorpark roads.
When a vehicle’s out of alignment, one...
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On Board Diagnostics For Simi Valley Motorists
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Some Simi Valley motorists are confused by Bill’s Quality Auto Care charges for diagnostic services for a vehicle repair. Many services at Bill’s Quality Auto Care and other Simi Valley automotive repair shops include diagnostic fees.
When you take your laptop...
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Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning Near Moorpark CA
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A lot of gas is wasted in the Moorpark area by dirty fuel delivery systems.
Let’s start at the tank. The gas tank gathers dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That’s why there’s a fuel filter to clean the fuel after it leaves the tank. A dirty filter...
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Fuel Saving Tip: Alignment For Your Simi Valley SUV
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Imagine you’ve left Simi Valley and you’re up in the arctic on a dog sled.
Your dog team is pulling straight and true. You can cover a lot of ground fast. Now imagine what would happen if one or two of the dogs wanted to go their own way and were pulling off...
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Finding Vehicle Recall Information In Simi Valley CA
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No matter how well they’re made, cars in Simi Valley CA will have design or manufacturing problems.
And when the government thinks a problem is really serious for people in Simi Valley CA, they require the manufacturer to issue a recall notice and fix the car free...
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Buying the Right Tires and Wheels In Simi Valley CA
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Everyone in Simi Valley CA eventually replaces their tires, whether it’s because they’re worn out or they’re just looking for something different. There are so many great tire choices in Simi Valley CA, it can be difficult to sort them out. Let’s group...
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Fuel Saving Tip: Check Engine Light
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A question for our Simi Valley CA motorists: How long have you been enjoying the romantic glow of your check engine light?
Hey, it’s not there to create ambiance; it’s a warning that something’s wrong. When your check engine light comes on get it checked...
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Automobile Fluids For Your SUV
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If you’ve walked through the automotive fluids of an auto parts store in Moorpark, you’ll know how overwhelming the sheer number of products available can be. How do you know what’s right for your vehicle?
As you know, these fluids all serve a function...
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Fuel Saving Tip: Dirty Oil In Your Simi Valley SUV
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If you’re a quart low in your SUV, there isn’t enough motor oil to lubricate your engine properly. The extra friction causes drag that reduces fuel economy while you’re driving around the Moorpark area.
The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn’t reduce...
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Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Simi Valley
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With high fuel prices in Simi Valley CA comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on AutoNetTV, is really great. Some is myth. And some is just designed to prey on Simi Valley CA people desperate to save some money on gas.
When you get one of those...
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