How to Make Your Car Last Forever: Avoid Expensive Repairs, Improve Fuel Economy, Understand Your Warranty, Save Money

Tom Dear Tom, Q I own an ‘07 Lexus GS350. The brakes make a metal-to-metal contact producing a black brake ...

Tom Tom, Q I just replaced the drum brakes on my ‘85 Jeep CJ-7. I’ve been hearing a cyclical sliding ...

Tom Hi Tom, Q I own a 2001 Toyota Avalon with 81,000 miles. I had the brakes changed to long-lasting heavy ...

Tom Tom, Q I own a Grand AM GT 2002. The ABS light, the “Trac Off” light, and the “Service Vehicle Soon” l ...

Tom Tom, Q I own a 2006 Hyundai Sonata with 73,500 miles. I had the front brakes replaced last November. ...

Tom Dear Tom, Q I have a new Jetta (2009). In questioning about my brakes, several repair shops have told ...

Tom Tom, Q I own an ‘87 Ford Tempo with 75,000 miles. The e-brake light comes on during acceleration (25 to ...

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Chapter 7 Ignition and Fuel Delivery Systems In order to run, an engine must have the precise amount of ...

Here we have a typical point ignition system. Note the parts in the distributor: points, condenser, and ...

YESTERDAY’S IGNITION SYSTEMS As a young auto mechanic in the 1970s, I frequently heard the phrase, “My car ...

and failed prematurely without any warning, leaving you stranded. By the early 1980s electronic ignition systems we ...

The positive major move in electronic ignition systems was eliminating the ignition points and condenser. In p ...

Today, the average automobile has more computing power than Apollo 13. How does the drivability system work ...

FUEL DELIVERY To fully appreciate the electronic fuel delivery systems of today, one has only to look back ...

out and the valves would not open and close as needed. These dinosaurs had their idiosyncrasies. ...

This is a four-barrel carburetor. Typically used on larger vehicles with large cubic inch engines, ...

Here we have a typical Chevrolet V-8 intake manifold. The carburetor is installed to the manifold to do ...

Intake manifold: For lack of a better analogy, the manifold sat on top of the engine and acted like a ...

This is a mechanical fuel pump. With this design, the fuel pump was driven mechanically off the engi ...