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Exhaust Hanger Replacement Made Easy
The clunk you hear under the car might be a broken exhaust hanger causing your muffler to bounce around. A bad exhaust hanger is easy to replace. Your car has more than one exhaust hangers, so you get an extra chance to make the repair before your muffler ends up dragging down the street.
Replace Your Spark Plugs
Your car relies on the spark plugs to keep things running smoothly, cleanly and efficiently. Spark plugs wear out every 10,000 miles or so, and with them goes your gas mileage and engine power. Luckily, replacing spark plugs is a 15-minute job that doesn't cost much at all. You need to install new spark plugs. Check out this simple tutorial and get to it!
How To Replace Your Fuel Pump: DIY
Your electric fuel pump is the left ventricle of your car. Without a fuel pump your engine will be fuel starved and will not start, or your engine dies, or engine idles poorly. You can install a new fuel pump. Installation is not too hard -- This DIY will show you how to replace your fuel pump using your own tools.
How To Replace an In-Tank Fuel Pump
A bad fuel pump can cause all kinds of problems in your engine. Replace your in-tank fuel pump easily and save big money. This step by step will help you out.
How To Replace Your Serpentine Belt, Fan, Alternator or Water Pump Belt
If your car or truck's serpentine belt, fan belt or alternator belt is worn, now is the time to replace it. These instructions will help you with step by step details and photos to make the job quicker and easier.
Why You Should Buy Good Quality Tools for Your Garage
If you're buying a jack for your home garage or workshop, check out this page about what to buy if you want a quality jack that will work well for you and last a long time, or if you want to buy junk that will break. It's up to you.
How to Replace a Water Pump
If your water pump is weeping, rattling, crying or otherwise complaining and threatening to overheat your engine, you need to replace your water pump. This easy to follow tutorial will help you replace your own water pump. Step by step instructions with pics. Print them out and take them outside with you. Replacing your water pump isn't as hard as it seems, and you can save big.
How Does a Diesel Engine Work?
Whether you drive a diesel or are just really into engines, you will want to know what makes you a diesel engine work. It's not like a gasoline engine, and if you're new to the science of diesel engines, you'll be surprised at some of the differences between a diesel engine and a gas engine. Check it out!
Things You Need In Your Winter Preparedness Kit
If your car breaks down during a snowstorm, having a well stocked Winter Preparedness kit could make your time much more bearable, or possibly save your life. Check out some of these additions to your kit and be prepared if you are stranded on the side of the road during winter weather.
How To Install Blade Type Bracketless Windshield Wipers
Whether you are planning an upgrade to new contour blade type wipers or your car was originally equipped, installing a set of popular Bosch or Rain-X Latitude blades is different than your old school metal framed wipers. This step-by-step instructional with photos will make it easy.
Two Useful Products for Home Auto Maintenance
These two products will all help you to have more fun maintaining your car or truck. They may make it easier, or they may make it cleaner, but they are certainly useful in some way to a DIY car repair guy or gal.
How To Install a Leaf Spring Mount
If your leaf spring is sagging, or worse if it looks like it tried to break through the bed of your truck, you might need to replace a broken spring perch mount. When a spring perch wears out it lets go of the spring which can make the rear of the vehicle drop or sometimes even make the leaf spring bend the floor of your car's trunk or truck's bed. This easy to follow step by step with photos can save you hundreds of dollars.
Replace Your Headlight Bulb
Don't pay your mechanic an inflated price to replace your headlight bulb when it goes out. For the price of a Happy Meal you can do it yourself. You're four simple steps away from saving a little money and a lot of time by replacing your own bulb. So get to it!
How To Replace Your Oxygen Sensor
Replacing an oxygen sensor can seem like an impossible task, especially since the repair shops want so much money to do the job. If you want to replace your own O2 sensor, check out this step by step to see how easy it can be to save big money.
What's This Leaking?
If something is dripping underneath your car, leaving a wet spot in your parking space, you need to figure out what's leaking. What fluid is leaking from your car. Is it red, is it green, is it clear and thick? Check out these photos of common engine leaks to see what you need to look into.
How Does Fuel Injection Work?
Fuel injection was a marvel of automotive engineering. Single port and multi port fuel injection systems save fuel and add horsepower. They are much greener and more environmentally friendly than carburetors. How do fuel injection and fuel injectors work? What is a fuel rail? These are easy to answer when we make it simple.
Replacing a Blown Automotive Fuse
When the lights go out in Georgia, or anywhere for that matter, it can be really frustrating if that light happens to be your headlights. Get to know your car's fuse box and you'll be sure to shed some light on the situation. A blown automotive fuse is easy to replace.
Ford Oxygen Sensor Locations for 4-Cyl and V8
This chart shows the location of O2 sensors in your Ford engine. Covers 5.0 Liter V8 and 4-cylinder engines.
Do Your Own Oil Change
An oil change is the single most important auto maintenance job you can do for your car. The oil change may be basic, but without it you don't need brakes. It's easy and inexpensive to do your own oil change, and we will show you how with easy instructions and step by step photos.
Replacing Your Honda Accord Vehicle Speed Sensor
If your aging Honda has a bouncy speedometer, you might need to replace your Vehicle Speed Sensor, or VSS. Here's how to do it.
How To Replace a Fuel Injector
Many troubleshooting scenarios lead you to the fuel injection system, and sometimes to the fuel injectors themselves. These piezo injectors can go bad and will need replacement. The fuel rail that holds the fuel injectors may also need to be replaced. Replacing your fuel injectors may seem scary, but in fact it's not a difficult repair.
Repair Your Chipped Windshield With a Windshield Repair Kit
You can repair your windshield yourself with a windshield chip repair kit. We've tested them, and now we'll show you how to fix a chipped windshield using one of these kits. Save money, you don't need a replacement windshield, fix this one.
Fix Your Warm AC: Recharge Your Air Conditioner with Freon
Step By Step instructions on recharging your own AC system, easy to follow with photos! If your air conditioner is warm, you're mad about having warm AC. AC is important in the summer, and you can recharge your own air conditioner by adding freon yourself. If you use R134 instead of the older R12 refrigerant, you're in luck. Do it yourself and save some real money!
Change Your Fuel Filter
This easy to follow step by step can help you replace your fuel filter and save lots of money. Your fuel filter is your engine's safety net. Auto repairs can be avoided by keeping a clean filter installed. It takes no time at all to replace, and avoiding the expensive auto repairs that can result from dirty gas is well worth the time.
Chevy 3.1 Liter EGR Valve Location
This illustration shows the exact location of the EGR valve in your 3.1 Liter Chevy V6. If your Camaro, Lumina or other Chevy V6 needs EGR valve cleaning or replacement, here you are.