The most important part of your visit to any shop is making sure that your vehicle receives the best repair. While we uphold that standard, the team at Andrew's Diesel, Heavy Equipment, Auto & Tire will also go above and beyond to ensure that you get only the best customer service along with a competent repair.
The turbo on your diesel pickup is a precision engineered component. As a result, proper maintenance is essential to keeping it going strong. At tens or even hundreds of thousands of RPM, keeping everything in good shape is absolutely necessary. Fortunately, turbos don’t really require any special maintenance - they just make the maintenance you do all the more important.
Flat tires are a huge inconvenience. The only thing worse than having a flat on your way home from work is having to wait on a tow truck to come to get you. Andrew's Diesel, Heavy Equipment, Auto & Tire in Spanish Fort, AL wants to give you some tips on how to change your own tire so that you can keep money in your pocket and get your car back on the road.
At Andrew's Diesel, Heavy Equipment, Auto & Tire in Spanish Fort, we change many tires that should’ve been replaced long ago. Your tires can go for miles and miles, but there always comes a time to replace them. So how can you tell when the right time is?
Transmission malfunctions are sometimes hard to pin down and might even go unnoticed. A transmission slip can manifest itself in a lot of different ways because there’s not a universal or consistent way to describe it. Since it will vary based on the vehicle, how bad the issue is, and what components are at fault, here are some symptoms to look for in your vehicle.
Transmission slippage can be caused by a variety of factors which are sometimes difficult to pin down. From Andrew's Diesel, Heavy Equipment, Auto & Tire in Spanish Fort, AL, here’s a rundown of the more common issues that may cause a transmission to slip.
Leaky transmissions can be a pain. Not only do they make a mess on the underside of your car, and in your driveway, but the transmission fluid is expensive and inconvenient to deal with. At from Andrew's Diesel, Heavy Equipment, Auto & Tire in Spanish Fort, AL we want you to be an informed driver so here’s some information about where transmission leaks start, and how to end them.
Unless you are confident in your abilities as an automotive mechanic, there is really only one rule when purchasing a flood-damaged vehicle: don’t do it. Unfortunately, sometimes sellers aren’t particularly straight-forward with their used cars. Many will try to hide the fact that it’s been damaged by floodwaters at all or try to convince potential buyers that the car is in fact fine. “It has gone months with no issues” or “technically it is flood-damaged but” are two red flags, and while it isn’t impossible for a flood car to be fine, it’s altogether a good idea to stay away.
