Cooling System Preventive Maintenance Service
Given the current range of extended maintenance intervals, it’s safe to say that your shop might see Grandma’s 2011 Volkswagen Jetta only when its oil life monitor indicates the need for an oil change.
Modern Oil Changes And The Changing Functional Fluid & Filters Market
Gary Goms asks, “What ever happened to the $19.95 oil change?” The answer is that it disappeared along with the “dinosaur” oils of the day. Using the $19.95 oil change as an example, he explores how you can best meet the challenges of the modern fluids and filters market by looking at the costs involved.
Timing Chain Failures on 2.0L, 2.5L Import Engines
Last month, we looked at the timing chain setup on the Audi 3.2L engine and saw how a lack of oil changes can adversely affect the tensioners and cause engine failure. We’ve also seen similar issues with the timing chain setups on the 2.5L 5-cylinder BGP engine that came out in 2005, and the 2.0L
The Evolving Oil Change Market
The only constant in the oil change business is change itself, especially if you’re trying to maintain an inventory of engine oil for all makes and models of vehicles. Since Volkswagen began requiring application-specific engine oil in the mid-1990s, the oil change business has (pardon the pun) “changed.” While many Asian vehicles currently require only
