Astoria Mechanic | Collision Repair | Auto Repair Long Island City Queens
We had a 2017 BMW 330i customer come in with a coolant leak. The car was regularly losing coolant so it was brought to our shop for diagnosis. We had to figure out why it was consistently losing coolant. For this type of diagnostics, we like to use a coolant pressure testing kit. The tool […]
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Many first time customers come to our shop because their cars were diagnosed and repaired at another shop, but the original problem with their vehicle remains! Due to our proximity to Manhattan in Long Island City, we also get a lot of European vehicles which require advanced diagnostic and auto repair. Which means the car
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We recently had a customer come in with a 2019 Mercedes Benz GLC 300 that was overheating. The customer told us that it was taken to a different shop where they diagnosed the Mercedes Benz GLC and concluded that the cooling fan was faulty. They proceeded to replace it but the car continued to overheat.
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Many customers text, call, or ask us in person, “How often should I change my oil?”. Particularly customers with European cars ask us if the 10,000 mile or 12 month oil change is often enough. And the answer is, it depends! There are multiple variables that determine how often you should change your oil. 10,000
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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 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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