Can the heat affect your car battery? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. So first of all, the heat affects just about everything on a car. If you live in Arizona and you left your cell phone in the car by accident and gone to lunch, have you ever experienced coming out and your cell phone is turned off because it overheated?

Will my air conditioning work without a radiator fan?

How often do I need a Coolant Flush? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. So first of all, when we talk about a coolant flush, there could be other terms like antifreeze or radiator fluid. I want you to understand that you can talk to 10 different technicians and get 10 different answers.

What is the purpose of reference voltage? We typically will have two or three wire sensors. Reference voltage that I'm talking about today is typically on a three wire sensor and in a typical situation what we do is we send five volts out from the computer.

How to diagnose an engine misfire. Welcome to Mercie J Auto Care , where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. So first of all, when we go to diagnose a misfire it can be helpful sometimes to just pull the codes because a P030_ like a P0301, P0302, P0303 etc. can help us know which cylinder is misfiring.

Why does my car battery keep dying? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. So let's understand our system just a little bit. The car battery is primarily there to start the vehicle, it's also sort of a balancer for the electrical system.