Car Repair Guide

Assessment of damage (making the decision of whether to work or not) Making the decision of doing body repair on your own is the first and perhaps the most important step.

Preparation for work (working conditions, tools, parts etc) Here's some steps on how to make a good preparation for body repairs:

In this article you can find basic tips about car body repair.

In one of the tutorials we already published on our we talk about alternator repair. Once you've made the needed repairs on the alternator (or replaced it with a new one) the next thing to do is put it back. The tools you need are the same as with taking off the alternator. Here's the procedure:

Once you've concluded (after a measurement with a multimeter) that the alternator isn't giving enough output, the first thing you should do is change the voltage regulator. When the regulator is faulty, the output can be under 13 V (a) or above 14.5 V (b) thus causing:

This is another simple replacement that you can perform on your car. Diesel engines have, unlike petrol engines, glow plugs that heat up the engine cylinder before the fuel injection. This is crucial for the ignition to happen, otherwise the fuel doesn't achieve the needed temperature for combustion.

When you've made the proper diagnostics and have concluded that the starter is faulty, the first thing you have to do is take off the starter. First of course, you have to find the starter. The easiest way to locate it is to follow the wiring that goes to it.

The alternator is a generator on the car that produces the electricity needed for the car and for the recharging of the battery. In this guide you will learn how to take off the alternator and how to solve car alternator problems. The brilliant construction of it assures durability, stable output and long service intervals. But when the time comes for maintenance, the first you have to do is take the alternator off the engine.

Checking the coolant level is a basic task to do under the hood. In this simple procedure you will learn how to indetify leaks on the coolant system. Always make sure that the cap on the coolant bottle is tightly sealed, if it isn't, the coolant gets out in the form of vapor.
If you notice that the coolant level is lowering on a regular basis this is a sure sign that you have a leak somewhere.

One of the most common problem with engine overheating is radiator fan failure. Here you will learn how to solve engine (radiator) overheating problem in a step by step procedure. Find causes and cures for this problem. As we've mentioned in our other engine overheating tutorials, the moment the car starts overheating, pull it to the side and check it out.