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Coolant Antifreeze Service In Pewaukee WI
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…
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Lease verses Buy
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…
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Fuel Saving Tip: Tire Pressure Saves Fuel In Pewaukee
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…
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Battery Replacement At Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee In Pewaukee
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…
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Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Pewaukee
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…
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BMW 750 Li (E66) transmission failsafe message
Some BMW’s equipped with ZF Six Speed Automatic Transmission will have the transmission go into fail safe mode and will feel like the transmission is low on fluid. We had this one towed in and found the seal located between the Mechatronic (valve body) and the case failed causing this and numerous codes. Some…
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