Stow Auto Repair

If you notice any of the conditions listed below, it may be time to replace your brake rotors. The 10 most common signs that you may need brake service includes: 1. Squealing sounds from the brakes 2. Longer stopping time 3. Steering wheel vibrates when braking 4. Brake pedal pulsates when braking 5. Banging sounds when braking 6. Scratched, scored, or grooved rotors 7. Large edge on the rotor’s surface 8. Blue color on rotors 9. ABS warning light HOW DO BRAKE PARTS WEAR OUT? Your brakes can wear out for a number of reasons, such as: Axle position: Front axles often bear more weight than rear axles. When this happens, it means that the front bears more of the braking load. This can cause front rotors and pads to wear out more quickly than rear rotors. Vehicle weight: The heavier the vehicle, the quicker its rotors and pads are likely to wear down. Driving style and environment: Aggressive driving and ... read more

The oil in your car’s engine has an incredibly challenging job. From lying cold in the bottom of the engine’s oil pan, it needs to surge up to the valve gear at the very top, then flow all the way back down down, and that has to happen almost instantly when you start the engine. The oil protects everything inside your engine: bearings, pistons, cylinder walls, and all the other parts that that move or touch something that does. Then, after the initial cold startup, the oil must continue protecting no matter how hot it gets and how hard the engine runs. It has to do that for a period of months, if not years, through numerous short trips, long cruises, and (for some) occasional racetrack or twisty two-lane flogs. You depend on your car’s oil to do its job flawlessly through the bitter cold of northern winters and the sticky hot of southern summers—all while fighting rust, contaminants, and passage-clogging deposits. Your oil works hard, so when should you change ... read more