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  • Smooth Shifting in Pewaukee WI: Transmission Service

    So you have some exciting plans for the WI weekend. You’re going to take some of your Pewaukee, WI friends out on the boat for some water skiing. Of course, you’ve gotten the boat all ready. And you haven’t forgotten about your tow vehicle. You’ve gassed it up and even vacuumed it out. But you…

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  • Fuel System Cleaning to Improve Performance in Pewaukee, WI

    All modern vehicles come with fuel injection systems, so it’s a topic we all need to know something about. All new cars and trucks sold in Pewaukee, WI over the last 30 years or so have come with fuel injection systems. The fuel injector is a valve that delivers the gas or diesel fuel to…

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  • Handling Distractions While Driving Around Brookfield

    We’ve all seen people do crazy things while driving to or from Brookfield. A guy shaving in the rear-view mirror, a woman applying makeup, people talking on their phones, texting or drinking from an enormous coffee mug. All of these are an accident waiting to happen. The truth is everyone in Brookfield WI is distracted…

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  • Why People In Pewaukee Hesitate to Get their Vehicle Serviced

    A recent report stated that over 80 percent of the vehicles on our Pewaukee WI roads have one or more service or repair that’s needed, but hasn’t been taken care of. Now that’s a lot of undone service. That translates into something over 160 million vehicles in the U.S. alone. Some of the neglected items…

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  • Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning Near Sussex WI

      />   A lot of gas is wasted in the Sussex area by dirty fuel delivery systems. Let’s start at the tank. The gas tank gathers dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That’s why there’s a fuel filter to clean the fuel after it leaves the tank. A dirty filter will rob the engine…

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  • Getting Your Car Serviced in the Real World of Pewaukee

    We get a lot of questions about servicing your car at AutoNetTV. One that we get asked the most is: Do you have to take your car to the nearest Pewaukee dealer for service and repair? We’ve all asked ourselves that at one time or another. Of course, any new car dealer in Pewaukee would…

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