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An Overview of Cabin and Engine Air Filters

When thinking about important car components, most people think about things like their engine or transmission. But there are other essential components of a vehicle like cabin and engine air filters. Read on to learn what these two filters are and why they're important.

Cabin and Engine Air Filter Overview

A cabin air filter is important for all vehicles. The cabin air filter is responsible for filtering the air that enters your cabin through the heating and AC system. Keeping your cabin air filter clean is vital because it has a significant impact on the air 

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Alignments

Regular wheel alignments are an essential part of taking care of your vehicle. This process involves adjusting the angles to ensure all four wheels are parallel and perpendicular to the ground. Taking proper measures like this can help you extend the life of each tire, reduce fuel consumption, and ensure your car is safe on every journey!

Proper wheel alignments ensure the vehicle runs smoothly and safely, preventing tire wear, vibration, and poor handling. Wheel alignment services typically involve a technician adjusting suspension components like camber, caster, and toe-in 

 

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BMW Service & Maintenance Overview

Regular maintenance will keep your BMW running for several years. Most people spend 101 minutes driving per day. That is why your vehicle requires a lot of maintenance to keep it running. Your vehicle needs to be taken to a BMW dealer several times during the year.  The dealer will make sure that your engine is in good shape. They will also inspect your brakes.

The tire pressure will be inspected during the maintenance session. They will make sure that your tires are not under-inflated or over-inflated. Both over-inflated and under-inflated tires can increase the risk of a blowout. 

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Can't See Clearly? You Might Need New Headlights

If your lights don't seem to be shining as brightly as they used to, it's possible your headlights need to be replaced. While you probably get regular oil changes, you might not have considered the importance of regular maintenance when it comes to your headlights.

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Jump Start Another Car Safely Using This Guide

The following guide will help you jump-start your car safely. It is advised you wear safety glasses and work gloves to avoid injury. Get the noses of the vehicles as close as you can. Open the hood to both cars after you turn off the engine and shut off the car lights. Your average set of jumper cables have two red and two black clamps.

One red clamp goes to the positive end of the good battery; the other red clamp connects to the bad battery positive terminal. The black clamp is for negative on the good battery, but the…

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Myth Buster: Black Oil is Not Bad Oil

Motor oil is one aspect of car maintenance that has an abundance of myths, misinformation, and outdated information. You can't keep your car at peak performance if you don't understand its oil needs, so here's the truth about one of the mythical oil theories.

You check the oil in your car and are shocked to discover it's turned black. You want to change it because black oil has to be bad. This is a myth. Motor oil darkens because it's doing its job. As it travels along, lubricating and protecting your engine, the oil picks…

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Try Setting Up Your Next Service Appointment Online

More and more functions are going online these days, and the side effect to that is usually saving time. And since time is money - as they say - we here at Umansky Motor Cars wanted to find a way to do that for you.

That is why we put an online service appointment setting tool on our website. This streamlines and simplifies the process and gets you an appointment faster, freeing you up to do the things that you really want to do. Just find the timeframe that you want, find an opening, and set it. Unless you have a special…

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Prevent Unnecessary Repairs in the Winter

By just keeping your gas tank full you are avoiding a lot of unnecessary issues with your vehicle. The less gas that you have in your tank, the more air that will be in the tank and that's not good. More air means that there is more condensation as well.

Condensation tends always to sink since it is much heavier than gas and it will eventually make its way into your fuel lines. If it's cold outside, all of this water in your lines will freeze, and your fuel lines will be clogged up with ice. If this…

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