Jim Nelson If you aren’t currently using synthetic motor oil in your Pewaukee vehicle, maybe now’s the time to consider it. Need more information? Well, synthetic motor oil is a substitute for petroleum based oil. Synthetic oil doesn’t gel or gum-up like petroleum based oil and it doesn’t vaporize as easily. It protects better in severe driving … Read more
Everyone in Pewaukee WI has blind spots – and no, I’m not talking about the fact that you really don’t sing like Jessica Simpson. I mean the areas of the road that you can’t see when you’re driving around Pewaukee. First let’s talk about our own blinds spots, and then we can talk about others… … Read more
The transmission in this GL, some ML’s and many other Mercedes vehicles have problems with one of the sensors failing intermittently and causing the transmission to not shift. This plate is located above the Valve Body inside the transmission and houses not just the main transmission speed sensors but also the shift solenoids and … Read more
Your browser does not support video Just as our bodies need clean air to function properly, your Sedan engine needs clean air to operate efficiently. Let’s go egghead for a minute. For every gallon of gas we burn driving on WI freeways, twenty pounds of carbon dioxide comes out the tailpipe. Question: how can a … Read more
Fix of the week was a new customer that has a very nicely maintained E83 with a very intermittent misfire that would turn on the check engine light. Typically forums are a place with a ton of miss information that will lead you astray such as the overblown (in my opinion) Vanos Seal replacement. … Read more
You may know that most automotive failures in Pewaukee WI are tire related, but do you know the second most common cause for vehicle failure? Nope, it’s not teenagers. It is the coolant system. But, if you take good care of your coolant system, it will take good care of you. A car’s engine creates … Read more
Lease? Or buy? It’s always a tough question for residents in the Pewaukee area. But here are a few ideas that’ll make the choice more clear. Either option gives you a choice of how you might finance your car. If you buy, you’ll pay the full cost of the car, with maybe an initial down … Read more
Under-inflated tires waste gas for lots of folks in the Pewaukee area. Think how hard it is to walk in sand – you just have to work harder because of the resistance. When your tires don’t have enough air in them, their rolling resistance is dramatically increased and it simply takes more gas to get … Read more
Hello, welcome to Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee. Today’s focus is batteries. It seems like everything in Pewaukee runs on batteries. Of course, the batteries we’re most concerned with here at Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee are those in our customer’s vehicles. Just like the batteries in our smoke detectors or TV remote, car batteries wear out … Read more
With high fuel prices in Pewaukee WI 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 Pewaukee WI people desperate to save some money on gas. When you get one of those e-mails that’s going … Read more