Car Maintainance

Toyota corolla is increasingly becoming a popular sedan among Nigerians today. Most common is the 2003 to 2006 Toyota corolla because of it’s excellent maintenance and fuel economy. But given so, like every other car, it has it’s issues among which is transmission problems. In such a case, don’t be …

Air flow metre also known as the mass air flow sensor, this device is necessary to determine the flow rate of air entering a fuel-injected internal combustion engine. Because air changes its density with temperature and pressure, it’s necessary for the Engine Control Unit-ECU (commonly called The Engine Brain-Box in the country) to balance and deliver …

Imagine driving down the road and all of a sudden the check engine light goes on. This means something is wrong, but the vehicle seems to be running fine. Before taking your vehicle to the repair shop, you need to understand that your car’s computer is trying to tell you …

Not all cars have their batteries located under the hood where their engines are for a number of reasons. Car brands commonly known for doing this are Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo, Audi, Land Rover, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and others. We’ll be looking at the reasons why and it’s benefits to the …

Hybrid vehicles are not as common as regular vehicles especially in this part of the world. This makes maintenance knowledge of these type of cars almost unknown because of how the system operates. Hybrid vehicles have the ability to shut off their internal combustion engines and operate on electric motor …

All vehicles have two brake systems. The primary brake system, which is the one engaged when driving and the secondary brake system also known as “emergency brake” which helps to reduces pressure on the clutch, transmission, parking pawl and CV joints especially when a vehicle is in park on a …

Tailgating is when a car drives too close either to the car in front or back, so risking a collision if the car in front or back brakes suddenly. This is quite rightly one of the most annoying driving habits especially in the traffic. Sometimes drivers are completely unaware that …

Carrying extra weight is a certain way to kill your car’s fuel economy. Doing so will also put additional strain on wear-and-tear parts of your car such as the tyres, brakes and suspension bushes. Remove all unnecessary items you don’t need in the car. Start with the car door pockets …

Changing a car battery is a relatively easy practice but many people aren’t aware of this, unless you have a code to unlock the radio, you can find yourself unable to use your radio. Many modern cars have an anti-theft measure which disables the radio if the power is cut …

Many years ago, you could disconnect a battery cable while the engine was running to test the alternator in your car. If the engine continued to run, that proved the alternator was working. But it’s a test you should never try on a modern car because they are equipped with …