What can cause an Engine Misfire? Welcome to Mercie J auto care where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I’m Rick Smith, master certified technician.

Now in order for a cylinder to fire, we need three things.

Now there’s two primary things in your vehicle that breathe. One is you, the driver or the passengers in your car. The second would be your engine. Your engine takes in air and then it mixes it with some fuel, burns it and then puts out the exhaust. So we filter both of those.

How do you diagnose a fluid leak? Welcome to Mercie J Auto Care where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I'm Rick Smith, master certified technician.

First of all, I’d like to tell you that fluid leaks can be really challenging and so a lot of people spend a lot of money and don't solve their problem. So there is a process that we like to go through. Some of it depends on what kind of a leak it is but let’s just talk about general oils, power steering fluid, transmission fluid.

Does it really matter if an Auto shop is clean? Welcome to Mercie auto care where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I’m Rick Smith, master certified technician. I think so. I think the couple of things happen when you have a clean shop.

How often should Ignition coils be replaced? Welcome to Mercie J auto care, where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I’m Rick Smith, master certified technician. Now I’m not sure if that question was intended to be "Should they be replaced regularly?" or "How often would they fail?"

I’ve been asked a lot about automatic transmission filters. Welcome to Mercie J auto care, where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I’m Rick Smith, master certified technician. So I’m basically going to share with you today why I am not a big fan of changing the filters in automatic transmissions.