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You have questions—and Bob Weber, TheCarConnection.com’s on-site mechanic, has answers. This week, Bob’s big riddle concerns anti-lock brakes, or ABS.
“I have read a lot about using ABS—that you should continue to put constant pressure as you brake when the system activates—but I have not read about the usage of traction control systems,” a reader asks. “When it engages, should you release pressure on the gas pedal or let the system work during slippage? What damage could result (to the engine or brakes) if the system is allowed to stay engaged until the tires grip?”
It comes down to integration, Bob says. “Traction control is integrated with the ABS. If one or more wheels are spinning too fast from lack of traction, the brakes are applied until the spinning stops. If the condition persists, the control module will begin depowering the engine until traction is reestablished. In answer to your question, keep your foot in it. Nothing will be damaged.”
Bob has all the answers. Get more from him over at the main site.
ASK A MECHANIC: MARCH 29, 2007—TheCarConnection.com
Posted in : 2007, Maintenance, Technology
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What’s up in TheCarConnection’s garage this week? Resident gearhead Bob Weber lets you in on a little secret club racers have been bitching about for years. Neons eat brakes—and one reader’s none too pleased. “I replace one set of fronts on my ‘99 Malibu to three sets of fronts on my ‘98
Plymouth Voyager while my 2 Neons get about 12,000 miles on a set of front pads.”
Weber, always the humanitarian, ministers to the poor sap. “I’m biting my lip tongue to keep from saying ‘I told you so.’”
There’s more sympathy inside this week’s Ask a Mechanic. Well, not really.
ASK A MECHANIC: MARCH 15, 2007—TheCarConnection.com
Posted in : 2007, Dodge, Enthusiasts, Maintenance
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Ahem.
"Yesterday I was having some work done at the car dealer. A blonde woman came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.
We all looked at each other, and the mechanic asked, 'What's a seven-hundred-ten?'"
"She replied, 'You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine. I lost it and need a new one. It has always been there.'"
"The mechanic gave the woman a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like. She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to another car which had the hood up and asked, 'Is there a 710 on this car?'"
"She pointed and said, 'Of course, it's right there.'"
Know what a 710 is? Posted in : Just for Fun, Maintenance, Shoppers
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