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Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee: Why Replace Your Engine Air Filter?

Your browser does not support video Just as our bodies need clean air to function properly, your Sedan engine needs clean air to operate efficiently. Let’s go egghead for a minute. For every gallon of gas we burn driving on WI freeways, twenty pounds of carbon dioxide comes out the tailpipe. Question: how can a

Maintenance

March 29, 2013

Software Update fixes Ghost Misfire 2004 BMW X3

  Fix of the week was a new customer that has a very nicely maintained E83 with a very intermittent misfire that would turn on the check engine light. Typically forums are a place with a ton of miss information that will lead you astray such as the overblown (in my opinion) Vanos Seal replacement.

Maintenance

March 25, 2013

Coolant Antifreeze Service In Pewaukee WI

You may know that most automotive failures in Pewaukee WI are tire related, but do you know the second most common cause for vehicle failure? Nope, it’s not teenagers. It is the coolant system. But, if you take good care of your coolant system, it will take good care of you. A car’s engine creates

Cooling System

March 20, 2013

Lease verses Buy

Lease? Or buy? It’s always a tough question for residents in the Pewaukee area. But here are a few ideas that’ll make the choice more clear. Either option gives you a choice of how you might finance your car. If you buy, you’ll pay the full cost of the car, with maybe an initial down

Automotive News

March 13, 2013

Fuel Saving Tip: Tire Pressure Saves Fuel In Pewaukee

Under-inflated tires waste gas for lots of folks in the Pewaukee area. Think how hard it is to walk in sand – you just have to work harder because of the resistance. When your tires don’t have enough air in them, their rolling resistance is dramatically increased and it simply takes more gas to get

Tires and Wheels

March 7, 2013

Battery Replacement At Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee In Pewaukee

Hello, welcome to Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee. Today’s focus is batteries. It seems like everything in Pewaukee runs on batteries. Of course, the batteries we’re most concerned with here at Nelsons Automotive of Pewaukee are those in our customer’s vehicles. Just like the batteries in our smoke detectors or TV remote, car batteries wear out

Battery

March 1, 2013

Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Pewaukee

With high fuel prices in Pewaukee WI comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on AutoNetTV, is really great. Some is myth. And some is just designed to prey on Pewaukee WI people desperate to save some money on gas. When you get one of those e-mails that’s going

Fuel System

February 22, 2013

BMW 750 Li (E66) transmission failsafe message

Some BMW’s equipped with ZF Six Speed Automatic Transmission will have the transmission go into fail safe mode and will feel like the transmission is low on fluid. We had this one towed in and found the seal located between the Mechatronic (valve body) and the case failed causing this and numerous codes.       Some

Transmission

February 17, 2013

Ball Joints

Your ball joints are one of the most important parts of the front suspension and all vehicles made to date are equipped with them. It’s a ball and socket joint that is designed to have a great amount of movement which allows the front suspension to move up and down and allows the front wheels

Steering

February 17, 2013

Automobile Fluids For Your Sedan

If you’ve walked through the automotive fluids of an auto parts store in Brookfield, you’ll know how overwhelming the sheer number of products available can be. How do you know what’s right for your vehicle? As you know, these fluids all serve a function in making your car run as you drive around the Brookfield

Fluids

February 13, 2013

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