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How Car Alignment Affects Fuel Efficiency and Driving Performance

You want your car to perform well and get good fuel economy, but you might not know all the ways you can help with that. For example, getting an alignment is one way to ensure your car handles and performs as well as possible. You can also expect a more fuel-efficient ride when you have…
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5 Essential Vehicle Maintenance Tips for the Winter

Winter can be a challenging season for vehicle owners due to precipitation, low temperatures, and unpredictable conditions. For this reason, preventive vehicle maintenance is paramount to ensuring your safety on the road. Here are five simple tips to keep your vehicle running smoothly this holiday season. 5 Vehicle Maintenance Tips for the Winter 1. Replace…
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Auto Shop FAQs: Top 3 Questions Answered

As a vehicle owner, you know that regular maintenance is critical to ensuring your car’s reliability. However, with the countless auto shop services required at regular intervals by your car manufacturer’s manual, it can be overwhelming to remember it all. At Mountain View Automotive, we share some of the most common questions we get from…
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Top 5 Reasons for a Check Engine Light

When your vehicle’s internal computer system finds an issue with your engine or any other important part, it warns you by turning on the check engine light. This warning is indicated by the engine symbol on your dashboard lighting up red, orange, amber, or yellow. The cause of an illuminated engine light might be as…
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Brake repair by Mountain View Automotive

That Sinking Feeling (Suspension Failure)

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of driving down the road and, suddenly, the back end of your vehicle collapses. A possible cause is that something in your suspension has broken.  Suspension components gradually wear out – you may not even notice the ride and handling slowly getting worse.  But a sudden failure is unnerving…
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Differential repair and servicing in Thornton, CO

Differential Service

When you take a corner in your car, the outside wheels have a slightly longer distance to go than the inside wheels.  That means that the outside wheels must turn a bit faster than the inside.  The piece of mechanical wizardry that makes this possible is called the differential. The differential allows the drive wheels…
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Reliable auto repair in Thornton, co

Prevent Costly Auto Repairs

You’ve probably seen auto parts delivery trucks in Thornton making their rounds. Every part has a story behind it. Unfortunately, some of the stories are tales of repairs that could have been prevented. One-stop may be to deliver an engine air filter and a mass airflow sensor for a customer’s pick-up. His service advisor has…
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Differential repair and servicing in Thornton, CO

Transfer Case Service

You may not know much about transfer cases, but if you have a 4-wheel drive vehicle, you’ve got one.  It makes sure you have power available for both the front and rear axles.  For example, if you have a rear-wheel drive SUV, power goes to the rear wheels until you need 4-wheel drive.  That’s when…
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Engine repairs by Mountain View Automotive

The 20.9 Percent Factor (Oxygen Sensor)

Do you know what gas makes up 20.9% of the air we breathe? It’s oxygen. Oxygen is an important part of the combustion process that enables your engine to make power. The amount of oxygen in the exhaust provides clues as to how well your engine is running. Your vehicle has oxygen sensors that provide…
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5 Warning Signs You Need Immediate Auto Repair

Does that “CHECK ENGINE” light on your car’s dash warrant immediate attention? How about those weird sounds, like the screeching you hear when you put the brakes on? Does that constant vibration or swaying motion mean your ride needs repairs? All these are questions you have as a relative newcomer to the world of car…
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