It’s Opening Day of the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) season – and for Tenneco’s Monroe shocks and struts brand, which will debut its “Everything Gets Old. Even Your Shocks” automotive ride control advertising campaign for baseball fans

One Dirt’s engine-tuning experts discuss selecting the right starter in a high-compression engine, and what kind of fit, gear-reduction, and the kind of torque output that can help and hurt. Some research includes GM and Chevrolet Performance u

NCMi reports on intel gathered at the service department’s retail department. Evaluations from a dealer retail professional on hard packs, trades and recon as well as cycle time and used vehicle pricing are just a few of the useful recommendati

Chrysler Group has issued a recall for an issue in the wiring harness in V6 Dodge Challengers. Nearly 2,500 Challengers are being recalled, with 1,900 remaining adding to a total of 4,459 vehicles on recall. Only seven fires have been reported thus f

Here, One Dirt reminds mechanics and technicians the importance of piston ring tension for an engine’s performance. Check out these hints on different ring packages, friction and what can make the difference between squeezing an extra 15%

Search Auto Parts offers a test and mini-manual on  scopes and their usefulness in the repair shop. Uses for scopes, such as recording and reviewing the ignition process, are detailed and the benefits of having a scope considered in the following:

Sources at Search Auto Parts address one of the most annoying faults a car can have: mystery battery drain. A few different ways of diagnosing and solving the electrical problem behind the power loss are explored by professionals in the article belo

Follow the diagnosis process from a professor and professional on a Dodge pickup: We have a 2011 Dodge pickup truck on loan so one of my students can perform research on Active Regeneration of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and the NOx absorbing

More often than not I get the call to train a newly minted manager, usually in parts, but sometimes in service as well. I’m usually dealing with someone who doesn’t know what he or she doesn’t know as far as the job requirements are concerned