ENGINE MAINTENANCE

Engine Coolant

Another simple item that can save your engine untold misery, is the coolant fluid, which keeps everything running at the correct temperature. The many moving parts inside your engine, as well as the explosions taking place within its combustion chambers, generate a significant amount of heat. As with any machine, your engine has temperature tolerances at which it happily operates. Once those tolerances are exceeded, things can start to go wrong. A common side effect of overheating can be radiator failure. The water that cools the engine becomes heated and pressurizes the radiator past a safe level causing the scalding water to spray out. This dangerous problem can be avoided with the engine coolants used by C&T Auto Repair.

Filters

To work efficiently, your car’s engine needs the ingredients for combustion to be delivered in the purest form possible. To this end your engine contains a number of filters which keep everything nice and clean. C&T Auto Repair’s engine thorough maintenance keeps checks on your air, oil, and fuel filters, replacing them as needed to keep your car running at its highest efficiency.

Fuel Injector Cleaning

Working alongside your spark plugs are the injectors that shoot a precise amount of fuel into the combustion chamber. Over time these injectors can become clogged with contaminants from fuel. C&T Auto Repair carries a line of specially developed injector cleaning solutions which open the injector tubing back up and get your car back to making the most power that it can.

Accessory Belts

Engine accessories such as the alternator and air conditioning compressor rely on belts that take power from the engine to run them. Over time, these belts can become frayed and damaged. If your alternator belt snaps, for example, your engine won’t be able to generate the electricity it needs to charge the battery and keep itself running. C&T Auto Repair can keep a close eye on the health of your accessory belts and ensure that all your engine’s pulleys are lined up perfectly to allow for the maximum amount of use from your belts.

Check Engine Light

No one likes to see their car’s “Check Engine” light come on. The light could mean a costly problem, like a bad catalytic converter, or it could be something minor, like a loose gas cap. At C&T Auto Repair, we can pull the code and diagnose the problem for you. Electrical control modules are continually getting more integrated and complex with modern vehicles but our team is always at the leading edge of training to be able to properly run diagnostics and fix the issue. Give us a call at 410-787-0225 or stop by the shop for our expert assistance.

Diesel

Although diesel engines don’t require tune-ups and tend to last longer than gasoline engines, they do require regular maintenance. Typical maintenance tasks include:

• Changing the oil & filter
• Changing the air filter
• Changing the fuel filter
• Bleeding the fuel system
• Draining the water separators
• Refilling the urea injection system

You can count on the experts at C&T Auto Repair to help your diesel engine last a long time.

Fuel Injection

Fuel injection is a system for admitting fuel into an engine. Since 1990, fuel injectors have completely replaced carburetors as the primary means of getting gasoline into the engine. A fuel injector atomizes the fuel by forcibly pumping it through a small nozzle (under high pressure). Failure of the fuel injection system means poor performance and ultimately destroys the engine. Make sure your vehicle’s fuel injection system is maintained properly. For all your fuel injection maintenance and replacement needs, call 410-787-0225 or visit C&T Auto Repair today.

Ignition

An ignition system is a system for igniting (using an electric spark) a mixture of fuel and air in a gasoline engine. A properly working ignition system means a properly starting engine and high performance from your car. When it comes to diagnosing the problems in strength or timing of your ignition system, our team of electrical repair technicians know how to do the job right. For all your ignition system maintenance and replacement needs, call or visit C&T Auto Repair today.

Ignition Wires & Cables

Ignition cables, or spark plug wires, are an important part of your car’s ignition system. They transfer the spark from the ignition coil to spark plugs that ignite the mixture of fuel and air. Over time, ignition wires and cables get weak and break down. This makes it impossible for the spark to reach the engine cylinders. This results in the engine misfiring. If your car needs new ignition cables and wires, call or visit us. C&T Auto Repair will have your wires and cables changed by a top-rated mechanic.