Automotive News & Information - Blue Lakes Auto Repair

At Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, the history of cars is a huge topic of interest to us. Here’s an interesting piece of automotive trivia, from us to you.

You’ve heard the term “slipping transmission” before, and you know it’s nothing good. What exactly does a transmission slip feel like, and how much of a problem is it if your transmission is slipping? At Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, ID, our expert technicians have diagnosed and repaired every type of transmission issue in the book. Here’s a short explanation of transmission slippage, and what action you should take to get rid of it.

Sometimes your car, truck, or SUV stops performing quite like it used to. At Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, we can fix that. A simple but common issue on vehicles equipped with a manual transmission is shifter bushing issues. Your shifter has a bushing on the end of it, where it connects to the actual transmission. Its purpose is to provide tight, smooth shifting.

Foggy headlights are a problem that has arisen in the past couple of decades, as we have moved away from glass sealed beam bulbs and into an era of plastic lenses with bulbs inside. While modern headlights are superior to the sealed beam headlights of years ago, they do tend to fog up after years of use. It’s a good trade for far better illumination and easier replacement, but an issue nonetheless. Hours and hours of heat, sunlight, and age eventually cause them to cloud up, which can reduce visibility at night in addition to worsening the appearance of your car, truck, or SUV. From Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, ID, here are some tips on taking care of your foggy or cloudy headlight issue.

The transmission in your diesel truck is built for hard work. But, after many miles and hard days on the road, inevitably the time will come to replace it. When that time comes, Blue Lakes Auto Repair has the professionals you need, for the best truck repair service in Twin Falls.

The automotive market is always fast-changing, and leaps and bounds have been made in the past couple of decades concerning both diesel and gasoline engines. With gasoline-powered trucks achieving more power than ever, purchase costs being lower, and fuel costs at an all-time low, many fleets are switching over to gasoline-powered fleets. However, diesel still offers some distinct advantages - it really depends on what you're looking for for your fleet of vehicles. Here are some points to consider, from Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, ID.

While keeping your car, truck, or SUV looking nice is important, there are other reasons to keep the exterior of your vehicle in good shape. From Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, ID, here are some tips for keeping your car looking good, and how that keeps it reliably on the road.

At Blue Lakes Auto Repair in Twin Falls, ID, transmissions are our specialty. That means knowing how they work, how they wear out, what wears them out, and how to fix it. In this article, we’ll explore the way stop and go traffic affects your transmission.