Goss’ Garage
Pat Goss, MotorWeek's resident master technician, helps consumers understand car problems and how to speak the same language as their technician. As cars becoming increasingly complex, fewer repairs can be accomplished at home. Effective communication with a repair shop is vital to keeping consumer and operating costs under control. From rattles and squeaks to leaks and drips, Pat covers a myriad of issues designed to keep cars on the road and out of the repair shop.
Anti-Freeze
Open the hood on your car, take a look underneath that hood, and you'll see something that is really compact. Lots of stuff in a small space. And you'll notice that there's a lot of sophistication in there. Well what that essentially means is that there's nothing cheap to repair under the hood of a car anymore. And that means you have to look at your preventive… Read More
Timing Belt Kits
Throughout most of automotive history, vehicle manufactures elected to build their engines with metal timing chains to control the valves and camshafts in their engines. But then 30, 40 years ago somebody came up with a brilliant idea to use a rubber belt. They found out over time that had some limitations and now virtually every manufacturer is back to using a… Read More
Thermal Imaging
As cars have become more complicated, so have the means to test them. See, it can be very difficult to test a lot of things on an automobile; so what we’re relying on more than ever are heat signatures under the hood or just about any place on the car. One of the most basic ones comes from an infrared thermometer, such as we have here. This, you simply squeeze it,… Read More
Batteries
Out of sight, out of mind is how most people look at their batteries. Well actually, they don’t look at them at all. And that’s a bad thing because the battery is one of most important parts of every car on the road. And if you take the battery out of the car, you certainly can’t drive it; you can’t even sit in it and listen to the sound system. Well, to give us… Read More
Lug Nuts and Seatbelts
In my repair shop, I see some really dumb mistakes that, well, they’re pretty common. First, we have cartridge type oil filters these days, and on most cars that use them, they have a plastic housing that screws into the engine. Well there’s a special tool that has to grab these fingers on the outside. You try to do it any other way, like this guy did with a great… Read More
See and Be Seen
I’m always looking for new products that seem like they would serve a good purpose and when I find some of those, well, I want to show them to you. And here we have some things that give us the ability to see various things in and around the automobile. From Impeltronics, we have these lights. Now if you look at this, this just looks like a regular LED light.… Read More
Repair Pal
Pat Goss is a one-man army when it comes to car care, but the rest of us aren’t quite so skilled. So he’s found a way to make sure you find the best person for the job. PAT GOSS: As the owner of an auto repair shop, I’m always looking for new customers. And it’s beneficial if that new customer has a good idea of what to expect when they come to see us. Well to… Read More
Keep it Cool and Clean
Everyone knows that oil lubricates things inside an engine. But it does a lot more than that. And here to give us some tips: Lyndon Abel, General Manager of Patriot Harley-Davidson in Fairfax, Virginia. Lyndon, welcome back to the show. LYNDON ABEL: Thanks for having me, Pat. PAT GOSS: Alright. Oil lubricates, but does a lot more. LYNDON: Absolutely. It does four… Read More
Caddy Paint
Restoring an old car is often more work than you bargain for, so here’s our Pat Goss with some colorful tips. PAT GOSS: When we last saw our Cadillac convertible, it was in primer and looking like it was ready for paint, but that isn't entirely the case. With us again is Pete from Classic Car Shop. Pete, welcome back to the show. What have you done since we last… Read More
Gale Banks
Today we have a very special guest here at the show. We have Gale Banks. It’s been a lot of years. Gale, welcome back to Goss’ Garage. GALE BANKS: It’s a pleasure to be here, Pat. PAT GOSS: 1989 was the last time. GALE BANKS: It was. PAT GOSS: Well, the time has flown by. And you’re still in the diesel modification business. Doing all the things that you’ve… GALE… Read More
