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December 30, 2011
/> Today’s Redwood General Tire auto maintenance article focuses on your serpentine belt. Your serpentine belt is a long belt that’s driven by your engine. It winds around several accessories that power important automotive systems. Let’s go over them. First, the serpentine belt drives your car air conditioning system. It spins the compressor that [...] Read More...
December 23, 2011
/> Suspension systems will continue to operate effectively for many years and tens of thousands of miles. Eventually car components do wear out, but how long that takes depends a lot on how you drive in Redwood City. As you can imagine, if most of your driving is on smooth CA highways, your shock [...] Read More...
December 15, 2011
/> Welcome to the Redwood General Tire blog. Today, let’s talk about the effect of tire tread depth on braking. When talking about stopping power, most of us San Carlos drivers tend to focus on our brakes. But our tires are where the rubber meets the road. So having good brakes isn’t enough. Safe [...] Read More...
December 9, 2011
/> The PCV Valve is a little, inexpensive part that does a big job for Redwood City drivers. PCV stands for Positive Crankcase Ventilation. The crankcase is the bottom area of the engine that holds the oil. When the car engine’s running, fuel is burned to generate power. Most of the exhaust from combustion [...] Read More...
October 11, 2011
/> When your car breaks down, or just needs some routine service, you might get a little nervous. Your car’s so important to your life in Redwood City, you need to back on the road as soon as possible – with the problem fixed right the first time. If you’ve ever checked into some [...] Read More...
October 4, 2011
/> Looking at getting some new tires? The choices at Redwood City tire stores can be a little overwhelming. Suppose you have an SUV and are trying to decide between all season tires or some that are also rated for off-highway. Do you get off the payment on the outskirts of Redwood City more [...] Read More...
September 30, 2011
/> Flats, blow outs, skids and longer stopping distances can all be the result of Redwood City folks driving around on under-inflated tires. Now, it’s hard to tell when a radial tire is under-inflated. If your manufacturer recommends 35 pounds of pressure, your car tire’s considered significantly under inflated at 26 pounds. The tire [...] Read More...
September 22, 2011
/> Most Redwood City drivers wait for their air conditioning to fail before they service it at Redwood General Tire. That’s because many Redwood City and Redwood City motorists don’t really understand that automotive air conditioners need periodic service. Let me share some of the reasons why they fail. First, like every machine, the [...] Read More...
August 31, 2011
/> In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your car engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every single fuel-injected [...] Read More...
August 24, 2011
/> Wheel alignment is often overlooked by busy Redwood City and San Carlos car owners until serious tire damage has been done. One wheel can be knocked out of alignment from the rest by hitting a curb or pothole on Redwood City roads. When a vehicle’s out of alignment, one or more of the [...] Read More...
