Astoria Mechanic | Collision Repair | Auto Repair Long Island City Queens
Many of Tolima’s Auto Center customers aren’t aware that we do Autobody and Collision repair! We recently had a customer come in with a late model Jeep Wrangler come in for auto body work. The Jeep had bumper, fender, suspension, and steering damage. We invite you to check out this video on the before and […]
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We had a customer come in with a 2003 Mercury Sable that had an engine randomly stalling. The customer would be waiting at a light and the engine would randomly shut off. We started by scanning the power train control module to see if there were any codes. Misleading Engine Codes We found a check
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We had a customer come in with a 2017 Lincoln Continental, which the dealer said it needed an engine. The customer decided to bring it to us for a second opinion and we started our own diagnosing. After running some tests we found that cylinder 4 was misfiring. Since the dealer said it needed an
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We recently had a customer come in with a 2016 Dodge Challenger with a flashing check engine light. We scanned the car and got the codes; Why Engine Misfires Happen Engine misfires happen when either AIR, FUEL, or SPARK as insufficient for the combustion process in each cylinder. We can check for air by checking
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We had a customer with a 2014 Toyota Rav4 come in with a P0446 trouble code. The code description reads, “Evaporative Emission [EVAP] System Vent Control Circuit Malfunction”. So we proceeded to check the EVAP system. Evaporative Control System Diagnostics We checked the purge valve by energizing it and seeing if it actuates and it
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We recently had a 2018 Audi S Q5 towed into our shop because it refused to start. We tried starting it ourselves and noticed that the dashboard refused to light up at all. We then checked to see if the car’s battery had any charge and it the battery checked out fine. We did notice
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A common issue customers come in with is a steering wheel clunk. It could be caused by various suspension and steering components, but most common cause of the steering wheel clunking tends to be the outer tie rod ends. The outer tie rod ends receive the most abuse when you turn your car and hit
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Many first time customers tell us they just bought a pre-owned BMW and would like an estimate on their BMW sunroof repair. Then they are shocked when they receive the estimate. Then they ask why is the repair so expensive. Then we show them this video that somewhat explains that a BMW sunroof repair is
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We recently had a customer come in telling us that her car has “steering wheel vibrations” at highway speeds and it has gotten worse over time. We asked her if the problem was consistent and she said it was intermittent at first but then becoming more common. First thing we checked was the dashboard for
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Many customers come to our shop when they have trouble finding a coolant leak in their car. They will either get the dreaded “Low Coolant” light, tow their car in when they are overheating, or they see a puddle of coolant under their car. The process of finding the coolant leak isn’t too complicated, but
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