Automotive News & Information - A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service

The turbo on your diesel pickup truck is a precision-engineered component. As a result, proper maintenance is essential to keep it going strong, and A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL is the place to do that. At tens or even hundreds of thousands of RPM, keeping everything in good shape is absolutely necessary. Fortunately, turbos don't really require any special maintenance - they just make the maintenance you do all the more important.

If you own a rear-wheel-drive car, truck, or SUV then your vehicle is equipped with a differential. Like any other component on your car, maintaining your differential is an important aspect of keeping your vehicle reliably on the road. From A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, here’s what you need to know.

Leaky transmissions can be a pain, not only do they make a mess on the underside of your car, and in your driveway, but the transmission fluid is expensive and inconvenient to deal with. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL we want to provide you with some information on where transmission leaks start and how to end them so that maybe we can eliminate any future leaks.

Once you’ve got your fleet vehicle or commercial truck back on the road, it’s important to take the proper steps to keep it that way. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL we have you covered. Sometimes engines just wear out - but there’s a good chance your last engine took a turn for the worst as a result of maintenance issues that went unnoticed or weren’t taken care of in time.

At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we understand that driving style affects your vehicle’s performance and reliability. You probably know that frequent, hard acceleration is bad for your engine and transmission, but what about speed?

Whether you drive a Ford, Chevy, or Ram diesel truck, your tires are an important aspect of the way your truck performs. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we’re here to keep you in the loop on what type of tires are out there for you, and what your tires say about the condition of your truck.

Diagnostic Tablet on engine transmission sensor

Our St Augustine drivers have been experiencing issues with their transmissions and there are a few things that we here at A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service feel are important to know so that you are more comfortable and confident if you are, indeed experiencing a transmission problem of any kind. First, if you drive a vehicle manufactured in the past few decades, there’s a good chance your transmission has a variety of sensors attached to it which monitors all kinds of things - fluid pressure, vehicle speed, temperature, air intake at the engine, and so on. The first thing to check is your Transmission Sensor, which is a much more affordable fix than replacing your transmission!

With all fleets and commercial vehicles, there comes a time you have to decide - do we fix this vehicle, or replace it? At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we’re here to help you figure that out.