What is good compression pressure?
Yesterday a customer called me and told me a sad story. Her car, Nissan Rogue, got serviced in one of the local quick lube shops here...
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abautomotiveca
- Jun 10
- 9 min
What really is involved in electrical diagnostics
What most people think when it comes to "diagnostics" in relation to an automobile is that it simply comes down to "plugging it into a...
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abautomotiveca
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Personal Mechanic vs Regular Garage
What are the benefits of working with your Personal Mechanic? You have someone who knows your vehicle and keeps a caring eye on it all...
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abautomotiveca
- May 23
- 1 min
Mazda Transmission
I just pulled this thrown-away unit apart out of curiosity, not to rebuild it. Fun fact: there are 56 coil springs, 13 spool valves, 13...
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abautomotiveca
- May 21
- 1 min
Ford F-150 Exhaust Manifolds
Normally, of course, I wouldn't remove the entire engine from a truck just to replace the exhaust manifolds. But a combination of...
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abautomotiveca
- May 18
- 1 min
Wheel Bearing Battle
Some wheel bearings are more fun to replace than others, eh? In theory, an integrated hub assembly like this one is easy enough to...
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abautomotiveca
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Discover Canada lies exposed
I got seriously fascinated with this speech of John Diefenbaker: "I am a Canadian, a free Canadian..." As I am a relatively new Canadian,...
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abautomotiveca
- Feb 21
- 3 min
I am Canadian
"I am Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right,...
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abautomotiveca
- Jan 21
- 1 min
That Belt!
Let's just check what the timing belt looks like on that old Honda Pilot. Pull away the upper belt cover and... OMG! Jeez! This can...
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abautomotiveca
- Jan 21
- 1 min
The Worst Thing About Grande Prairie
Do you know what is the worst thing about working in Grande Prairie, AB? Is it cold long winters? Ice and snow? Minus 40 degrees...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Four threads, really?
See this spark plug? Notice how the threads are black at the bottom, then turn yellow-ish, and then just clean silver metal-colored. I've...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
The myth of "Factory Trained Technicians"
If you deal with garages or dealerships from time to time, at least, I bet you heard this phrase "Factory Trained Technicians." Since...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Seems to be done?
Looks like the core of the website is done, everything works. I am particularly proud that all the pictures are my own, depicting the...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
New website, day two
Not exactly a "day", only had couple more hours today to deal with the website project I started yesterday. I have to say, Wix is indeed...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Stay tuned
More content will follow. Eventually. Doing the blog thing is entertaining and it might be useful at some point. But as the work flow is...
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abautomotiveca
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
New website
Due to some issues with the hosting platform, my website was down for a few days. Or maybe even for a week or two. All the old website...
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