4 Essential Checks for Car Engine Health

4 Essential Checks for Car Engine Health

1. Keep Up With Your Oil Changes Right, first things first – oil is pretty much the lifeblood of your engine. Driving around Hamilton, whether you’re crawling through Boundary Road in morning traffic, dodging potholes near Frankton, or taking the kids out to Gordonton...
7 Tips for Keeping Your Car’s Radiator Clean

7 Tips for Keeping Your Car’s Radiator Clean

1. Flush and Refill Your Radiator Regularly Righto, first thing — your radiator’s not invincible. Over time, coolant turns a bit manky, especially if you’re driving the kids between Hillcrest and The Base every day or tackling motorway runs to Cambridge. Old coolant...
3 Tips for Maintaining Your Car’s Fuel Pump

3 Tips for Maintaining Your Car’s Fuel Pump

Got a question about looking after your fuel pump? Happens all the time here at Grimmer Motors in Nawton, whether someone’s just popped in from Dinsdale or shot down from Rototuna. These things are tucked away out of sight, but if your fuel pump starts playing up,...
3 Key Indicators of Car Ignition Problems

3 Key Indicators of Car Ignition Problems

1. Hard to Start – Especially on Cold Mornings or After Work A fair few drivers from Flagstaff to Te Kowhai pop in here saying, “Hey, my car’s taking ages to fire up, or sometimes it just clicks.” It’s pretty common in Hamilton, especially if you’re running an older...
7 Signs Your Car Needs a Fuel Injector Cleaning

7 Signs Your Car Needs a Fuel Injector Cleaning

Your car’s fuel injectors do a fair bit of grunt work, especially with the kind of stop-start driving we see all around Hamilton, Te Awamutu, or Cambridge. If you’re used to crawling along Kahikatea Drive or bouncing through a few potholes down Brooklyn Road,...