Motor Car Guides : Maintenance & Problems tips Helpful hints
-
Automatic Transmission Replace
RegisteredHow to Remove an Automatic Transmission Removing a transmission is not as difficult as it sounds. Most shops charge huge amounts of labor time to remove and replace the unit. By r ...
-
Ball Joint Replace
RegisteredHow to Replace a Car Ball Joint Ball joints are used to connect lower suspension control arm to the steering knuckle on the spindle. When turning your vehicle, the suspension trav ...
-
Base units Terms Explained SI 2
RegisteredBase units Terms Explained Derived units are formed by powers, products or quotients of the base units and are unlimited in number; Derived units are associated with derived quant ...
-
Bentley ECU upgrades
RegisteredECU Remapping for Bentley Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on Bentley cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original BHP Tuning Performance Azure 6.8 389 ...
-
Bleed and Flush a Brake System
RegisteredHow to Bleed and Flush a Car Brake System The brake fluid in your cars brake system is a hydraulic based fluid that is used to transfer force from the brake pedal to the brake cal ...
-
Blind spot explained
RegisteredCar Blind spot explained A blind spot in a vehicle is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly observed by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances ...
-
Blue Smoke from Engine Exhaust Pipe
RegisteredBlue Smoke from Exhaust Pipe explained Many people consider blue smoke from a car to be elusive. Blue smoke is generally caused because of several specific conditions in the vehic ...
-
BMW ECU upgrades
RegisteredECU Remapping for BMW Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on BMW cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original SRS II Tuning Performance 1 Series E81 116i 1 ...
-
BMW tyre pressures chart
BMW tyre pressures chart This chart should be used as a guideline only. Model Year-(MY) Torque (NM) Tyre Size Pressure Front (PSI) Pressure Rear (PSI) 1 Series (E81/82/87/88) 04 – ...
-
BMW Wheel PCD & Offsets
RegisteredBMW Wheel Fitment Guide PCD & Offsets Model Year PCD Offset Bore 1 Series 04 on 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 series 84 to 91 4X100 15 to 25 57.1 3 series 91 to 99 5×120 35 to 45 72.6 3 s ...
-
Body roll explained
RegisteredCar Body roll explained On wheeled or tracked vehicles, body roll is a reference to the load transfer of a vehicle towards the outside of a turn. When a vehicle is fitted with a s ...
-
Boost gauge
RegisteredBoost gauge A boost gauge is a pressure gauge that indicates manifold air pressure or turbocharger or supercharger boost pressure in an internal combustion engine. They are common ...
-
Bootleg 180 turn
RegisteredCar 180 Bootleg turn explained A bootleg turn is a driving maneuver intended to reverse the direction of travel of a forward-moving automobile by 180 degrees in a minimum amount o ...
-
Brake Caliper Front Replace
RegisteredHow to Replace a car front Brake Caliper Front and rear brake calipers are an extremely important component of the braking system. On vehicles built after the late 1960’s, most al ...
-
Brake lights not working Classic cars
Brake lights not working? Classic cars Have your brake lights gone out? If this is the case, a few easy checks should quickly reveal the problem. Driving without working brake lig ...
Page 2 of 17