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radiator hose repair near me Littleton CO

Radiator Repair

Your radiator hoses carry coolant between your engine and the radiator.  It’s an important job.  If a hose fails, you could lose your engine coolant which might lead to overheating and very expensive engine damage, so you want to make sure you always have good hoses so you can avoid major radiator repair. Radiator hoses…
timing belt repair Littleton

Timing Belt Replacement

Let’s address a very important maintenance item – timing belt replacement.  It’s important because letting this one slide can lead to very expensive engine damage. Your timing belt choreographs the timing of your combustion process.  Your pistons travel up and down in the cylinder.  Intake valves open at the right time to let in air…
Cadillac service

Upsizing Wheels and Tires in Littleton

Hello Littleton drivers! Let’s pretend you have three doughnuts right in front of you for our discussion of upsizing wheels and tires. Hey, don’t eat them now – you’re going to need them later. Many Littleton drivers want to accessorize their cars and make them theirs. One of the easiest ways to get a custom…
Axle Service At Dakota Ridge Auto in Littleton

Axle Service At Dakota Ridge Auto in Littleton

Littleton drivers should know that the axles are the last link in transferring power from the engine to the wheels. They’re strong parts that last a long time – but they can run into trouble. Axles just wear out over time and need to be replaced. And sometimes axle seals leak, causing the axle to wear out prematurely. Lubricant…
Need new tires

Simple Answers from Dakota Ridge Auto for Littleton: Selecting Tires

Question: I need new tires. How do I know which tires to get? Dakota Ridge Auto Answer: Let’s look at selecting new tires in light of three factors: Function, Fit, and Value. Function: This gets at what your needs are for new tires: weather conditions, terrain, temperatures, etc. New family vehicles sold in CO come with all-season tires. They can…
brake repair

Disc Brakes

Question: What are the signs that I need a brake job? Dakota Ridge Auto Answer: Signs of brake problems often fall into one of two categories for Littleton: making noise or a pulsation in the brake pedal. Let’s start with the noise. Most brake pads have an audible brake wear indicator. This is a small…
shock absorber repair Littleton CO

Your Vehicle’s Suspension in Littleton, CO

Suspension systems should continue to operate effectively for many years and over long distances, holding your tires’ footprint on the road.  Eventually, components do wear out, but how long that takes depends a lot on how you drive in CO. As you can imagine, if most of your driving is on smooth Littleton, CO, highways,…
Brake Repair Near Me

Power Brakes

Basically, the power brake system helps you provide braking power so that you don’t have to do all the work with your brake pedal. The brakes themselves are applied at the wheel using hydraulic pressure. When we step on the brake pedal, we create pressure in the power booster that’s multiplied by the vacuum from the engine.…
winter driving

Heater Core

Littleton drivers may wonder where the air in a vehicle’s passenger compartment comes from. Well, as your engine starts to warm up, it also warms the coolant/antifreeze that circulates around the engine and through the radiator. There is also a hose that carries coolant/antifreeze from the engine to the heater core and another that takes it back…