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.
Interior Cleaning
We all like to have a clean interior on our cars. Certainly it can’t be as clean as this show car, but it usually can be a lot better than what it is. Over time, cars take on an odor that’s kind of a combination of french fries and sweat socks, and things get… Read More
Buying Parts Online
Whether you’re a do-it-youselfer or a professional, getting the right part to do the job correctly, well it’s critical. And to give us some pointers about online shopping, we have Tom Taylor from Rock Auto. Tom, welcome to Goss’ Garage. Alright now what… Read More
Under the Hood Cleanup
If you’re into cars, a lot of your time is probably spent looking under the hood. Well, Pat Goss has some tips to make sure you can find what you’re looking for. Keeping the under hood of the car clean used to be the matter of aesthetics. You… Read More
Parts Cleaning
No matter what you do on an automobile, you want the parts that you’re working with to be clean. And that means you need some way to clean those parts yourself. Well, every shop in the world has a professional parts cleaner, but that’s not exactly what you want at… Read More
Catalytic Converters
Do you read your owner’s manual? More importantly, do you follow what it tells you to do? Especially when it comes to the yellow check engine light. It tells you if that yellow light is flashing that you’re suppose to turn the engine off as soon as you safely… Read More
Rough Idling Issues
One of the very common problems that we see on automobiles are cars that like to stall when they get hot. And one of the more common causes of that is right here. This is a typical throttle body. It controls the amount of air going into the engine therefore controls… Read More
Dings and Things
Every nick and scratch on a car just makes us cringe. But, Pat Goss has some cool new products to help repair our woes. 3M has some brand new products for you do it yourselfers. And here to demonstrate and to tell us about it is Jen Cook from 3M. Jen welcome to… Read More
Oil Coolers
Everyone knows that oil is an engine’s lifeblood, so how do you keep your car’s blood from boiling? Well, no matter whether the primary cooling system on your car is coolant or air, the secondary cooling system on all engines is oil. And that can be greatly enhanced… Read More
Transmission Talk
So you don’t think there’s a reason to buy that special transmission fluid for your automatic transmission? Well guess again. Automatic transmission fluids are tailored to the operating characteristics of a specific transmission. Now what we’re really… Read More
Brake Fluids and ABS
No, this is not a luscious drink. Actually what this is, is Dot 5 brake fluid that we have put into a blender to simulate what goes on in a car with ABS brakes and Dot 5 silicone fluid. You see that foam on the top? Well if that was in your ABS system your pedal would… Read More
