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Most Tehachapi residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Tehachapi from the fact...
When we Tehachapi travel around CA, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. We shou...
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Protech Auto Service Tech Question:I was driving on a local Tehachapi road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it started. I was...
This automotive safety warning is coming from a very unusual source: fire fighting experts. You’ve probably heard of E-85 gasoline. Some newer vehicle models are specifically built to run ...
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Question:My new car has a “GDI” engine. What does that mean to me and other Tehachapi vehicles with this new type of engine?Protech Auto Service Answer:GDI stands for ...
A lot of gas is wasted in dirty fuel delivery systems. Let’s start at the tank. The gas tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That’s why there’s a...
I’d like to give you a quick overview of the fuel system. It starts with the fuel tank. The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine. Somewhere alo...
Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
