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.
Death Wobble
This time I want to explain a common problem that we see on a lot of 4- wheel drive vehicles, and every once in a while on a passenger car; but especially on Jeeps, and the problem is what’s called a death wobble; and what this is you're going down the highway; you’re doing highway speed; you hit a bump; and all of a sudden the vehicle the steering wheel… Read More
TPMS
So you have a car that has a tire pressure monitoring system, or TPMS as we refer to them. And you think you can take your trusty tire pressure gauge and toss it in the trash. Not so. See TPMS only warns you if a tire is dangerously low on pressure. It doesn’t tell you the ideal pressure in most cases. So the only way to make sure you get proper tire life and gas… Read More
Handy Helpers
It’s been said clothes make the man, but I think when it comes to fixing cars tools make the man. Well here’s one that really works. You know the tie wraps you use to bundle wires and all sorts of things under the car? Well they’re always tough to get tight, so this tool from SnapOn, what this does is this tie wrap goes into the tool and it pulls the wrap up tight… Read More
Diamond in the Rough
So you’ve decided you want to buy a collectable or classic car and you want to check it out yourself. Number one, I would recommend against that. I’d recommend you have a professional do it, but if you insist here are some things you should look for. First you want to look at the general condition of the outside of the car and the interior, and that’s just… Read More
Ceramic Nano Coating
As automobiles have evolved, so have the finishes that go on them. Let’s face it, paints these days are much different than they were 15 or 20 years ago. And that means you may want to consider a more modern protection for your paint something line Nano technology. And to explain that to us we have Rob Freeman from Prof Form Auto. Rob welcome to Goss’ Garage. ROB… Read More
Cars That Sit
Most of us have some seasonal equipment or a custom vehicle, something that sits for long periods of time yet has an internal combustion engine. Well if you have that you have to take special care if you want to let it sit for any extended period of time without damage. First, is fresh oil. Oil picks up acids as its used, you don’t want those acids inside your… Read More
Crutchfield Stereo Upgrade
There are millions of cars like this on the road that have a lot of life left in them but maybe they don’t have the features or sound system that you would really like. In this case, when it was new, had a premium sound system and you had to pay extra for it. Today, it’s obsolete and it is a mess. So what can you do to bring your car up to snuff? Well, there are a… Read More
Trans Oil Coolers
Every time you come in, you bring us some interesting parts and show us the insides of things. You got a radiator, what are we talking about? TOM TAYLOR: I brought a radiator, but I’d like to talk about the transmission oil cooler. Often when you have transmission work done, the shop will recommend to replace the radiator and the reason is the transmission cooler… Read More
Cutting Tools
I often get customers in the shop that ask me how we do certain things. One thing that they’re always amazed at is how we manage to cut various things and keep it so neat. The first thing we don’t do is we typically don’t use a hacksaw. We use hacksaws for a lot of different things, but when it comes to stuff like exhaust systems and so on, brake lines, air… Read More
Protect Your Paint
No matter if you have a new car or an old car if it has nice paint you want to keep it looking nice. And there are some ways to do that. And we have with us Eric from XPEL Technologies to give us some pointers. Eric, welcome to Goss’ Garage. Eric: Thank you very much for having me Pat. PAT GOSS: Alright, you’ve treated this car. Tell us about it. ERIC: So what… Read More