Archive for April 2018Gear Up: Transmission Service at Lakeside Certified Auto in WilloughbyPosted April 29, 2018 10:22 AMThe transmission system in your vehicle allows you to change gears. Lower gears are power gears. They get your vehicle moving and get it up hills. Higher gears get the vehicle up to speed and get it rolling faster. If you have a standard transmission, then you have to do the work of shifting gears yourself. But with an automatic transmission, the vehicle shifts gears on its own. It automatically starts out in low gear and automatically shifts to high gears as it gets rolling. Again, it will automatically shift to a lower gear to climb hills or when you need a burst of speed. Lakeside Certified Auto Battery Replacement at Lakeside Certified Auto in WilloughbyPosted April 23, 2018 12:24 PMHello, welcome to Lakeside Certified Auto. Today's focus is batteries. It seems like everything in Willoughby runs on batteries. Of course, the batteries we're most concerned with here at Lakeside Certified Auto are those in our customer's vehicles. Just like the batteries in our smoke detectors or TV remote, they wear out and need to be replaced . This can be thought of as the power output used to start a cold vehicle engine. The number of cold cranking amps you need depends on your vehicle and where you live in OH, specifically how cold it is. (Many Willoughby drivers have first-hand experience trying to start their car on a cold winter morning.) The two factors are that the colder your vehicle's engine is, the more power it takes to turn the engine over to get it started. It has all that cold, sluggish oil to contend with. So if you live where it's cold in OH, you need a battery with more cold cranking amps than you do where it's moderate or hot. The battery that originally came with your vehicle was based on averages. At Lakeside Certified Auto, we like to remind Willoughby drivers that they should always get at least as many cold cranking amps as their vehicle manufacturer recommends but may want to upgrade if they live where it gets real cold.
Fuel Saving Tip: Willoughby Tune UpPosted April 18, 2018 7:04 AM
Lakeside Certified Auto Lakeside Certified Auto Service Tip: Why Synthetic Oil Is Good For Your VehiclesPosted April 8, 2018 2:21 AMHello OH! Today's vehicle care topic is: Synthetic Oil vs. Petroleum Based Oil. Synthetic motor oil is a substitute for petroleum based oil. If you aren't currently using it, why not? Synthetic motor oil maximizes engine power and fuel economy. To see why, we'd need a microscope, so we'll have to settle for using our imaginations. The molecules of conventional motor oil are long hydrocarbon chains. Synthetic motor oil, on the other hand, has uniform, round molecules. Which is slipperier, a pile of pencils or a pile of marbles? Lakeside Certified Auto
Get Where You're Going with Power Steering Service in WilloughbyPosted April 1, 2018 5:52 AM
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