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.
10 Fuel Saving Tips You Can Do Now Episode 2601
There are lots of ways to improve fuel economy and lots of ways to waste money trying to improve fuel economy. Not the least of which are miracle fuel improvers. They don’t work, don’t waste your money. Now you may have a diesel engine and you may be tempted to run that diesel engine on vegetable oil. Well don’t do it; it will work for awhile but it could… Read More
After-market Gauges Episode 2538
One of the best ways to make sure that your engine lasts a long time is by having good information from the engine. That means you need quality gauges to measure all of the different things that go on under the hood of the car. But if you look in a modern car, it may be a problem finding a place to mount after-market gauges. That’s where items like this pod come… Read More
Child Safety Episode 2537
One of the biggest concerns around vehicles of any type these days is safety, and that’s especially true when it comes to children. And one of the things that I find particularly offensive is people who go out and buy their child safety seat by lowest bidder. You want to keep your children safe, and that means you want a good, high quality safety seat. Well,… Read More
Finding a Cure for Brake Dust Episode 2536
Here’s something that afflicts a lot of the cars on the road. I guess you’d call it ugly wheel syndrome. What it is, is the wheels, especially the front wheels, on a lot of automobiles turn black in a matter of a few days. That’s caused by dust from the front brake pads, and unfortunately you have to keep this clean not only for esthetics, but if you don’t it will… Read More
How Old Are Your Tires? Episode 2535
We get lots of inquiries from viewers about tires, and a big portion of those questions deal with street rods and collectibles. And the average question asks “I have a lot of time on the tires but not many miles. The tread looks good. Are the tires safe?” Well, that depends on how the vehicle is used, and most street rods and collectibles aren’t used on the… Read More
The Truth About Long Life Oil Episode 2534
Over the years vehicle manufacturers have continually extended the oil change interval on their cars, and that has posed a problem up until just recently because most oils weren’t capable of going these extreme oil change intervals. The additive packages in them weren’t good enough. Well, now Mobil has introduced three new oils. They have a 5000, which is a… Read More
Bearing Issues Episode 2533
Progress marches forward, or is it backward? I’m not sure. It depends on your point of view. But if you happen to have an older car, or even some of the newer cars, that still use wheel bearings, such as we see here - oh, yeah, these are becoming obsolete, but you may still have these. These are tapered roller bearings and they do need periodic service. The… Read More
Clearing Up PCV Valve Problems Episode 2532
One of the most overlooked systems on the car is the PCV system, Positive Crankcase Ventilation. And most people make some serious mistakes because they think the PCV valve, such as I have here in my hand a couple of different styles, the PCV valve is all there is. And they replace that periodically and think they’re good. Well, that’s wrong. There’s a lot more… Read More
Cleaner Gasoline Episode 2531
Not only have gas prices changed dramatically over the years, so have the gasolines themselves. You see, the federal government is very concerned with the environment, and they have mandated over the years that certain chemicals be put into gasoline to make them burn better for a cleaner environment. Well, that’s a good thing, but it has a downside. Some of these… Read More
New Generation Adjustable Suspension Episode 2530
Lots of cars come from the factory with air suspension systems, but not one of them can do what the air suspension system on the 3-Series BMW can do. When a BMW 3-Series comes from the factory it normally has coil springs, but what we see here is a car that has been outfitted with a Praxis system from Bridgestone. Now this is aftermarket, and it really is an… Read More