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.
Caliper Maintenance Episode 3731, Episode 3745
Cars keep evolving, and as they evolve there are new procedures and problems that go along with that evolution. Not the least of which are modern brakes, now here we have a four-piston caliper, they’ve been around for years, but they typically were not used on garden-variety cars and sometimes they are today. Now the big thing with a four piston caliper is that… Read More
Grease/Lube/Oil Episode 3729
If you have ever wondered why there is so many different types of greases and lubricants for automobiles, well you might be surprised to see they’re not universal. Now if we look at greases in particular, grease is primarily a vehicle to hold oil and it releases that oil to lubricate the part that it’s on based on temperature or pressure or a combination of both.… Read More
Patch It Up Episode 3725, Episode 3743
Since the very inception of steel bodies on automobiles, there has been one mortal enemy. And that is rust, especially rust through, structural rust and so on. Like on this classic Jeep we can see that the rocker panel is rusted, the dog leg is rusted. We need to replace these parts and of course for classics and collectibles, these parts are available, like this… Read More
Modern Stereos Episode 3724
The infotainment systems in modern cars are pretty amazing. Now why do we call them infotainment systems? Well info for information, tainment for the entertainment they give us. But they are very different from anything that we have had in the past. See in the past we had a radio, such as we have here. May have some features built into it, may have some auxiliary… Read More
Wheel Alignment Episode 3723, Episode 3741
A phrase that I hear from lots of drivers all the time, I think my car needs a front wheel alignment. Alright well, does it really? See there’s more to a modern car than just a front wheel alignment. Now let’s see what we’re talking about. We have this little imitation car we’ve got the wheels properly aligned on it, we push it down the road and it goes straight.… Read More
Autonomous Maintenance Episode 3722, Episode 3740
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last 20 years then you have certainly heard terms like smart mobility, V to V, or vehicle to vehicle communication, or autonomous automobiles, and things like that. Well these are all things that are coming reality rather quickly, and as they become reality you are going to find that your vehicle may need some different… Read More
Death Wobble Episode 3714
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 Episode 3713, Episode 3730
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 Episode 3711
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 Episode 3710, Episode 3727
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