Category Archives: Maintenance & Seasonal

Seasonal checklists and scheduled-maintenance guides, from the ten checks worth doing before winter to battery, filter and ignition service intervals. Built for two readers at once: the owner doing it in a driveway, and the shop stocking ahead of the season.

How to Winterize Your Car: Complete Cold-Weather Prep Guide

How to Winterize Your Car: Complete Cold-Weather Prep Guide

How to Winterize Your Car: Complete Cold-Weather Prep Guide The short answer: winterizing a car means preparing the six systems that actually fail in cold weather — battery and charging, ignition, cooling, tires, brakes, plus the fluids and visibility items that support them — before the first hard freeze, ideally in one afternoon in October. […]

Winter Car Maintenance: Spark Plugs & Ignition Coils Checklist

Winter Car Maintenance: Spark Plugs & Ignition Coils Checklist

Winter Car Maintenance: Spark Plugs & Ignition Coils Checklist The short answer: winter ignition maintenance is five checks — read the spark plugs, measure and correct the gap, test coil primary and secondary resistance against the OEM window, inspect the coil boots for carbon tracking, and confirm cranking voltage stays above 9.6 V. Replace copper […]

Fall Car Maintenance Checklist: 10 Checks Before Winter Arrives

Fall Car Maintenance Checklist: 10 Checks Before Winter Arrives

Fall Car Maintenance Checklist: 10 Checks Before Winter Arrives The short answer: before temperatures drop below freezing, run through 10 checks — battery, spark plugs and ignition coils, brakes, coolant, tires, wipers, oil, lights, belts and your emergency kit. Most winter breakdowns are caused by neglected ignition and battery systems, and all of them are […]

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