How often should I change my oil? Welcome to Mercie J Auto Care, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. Now that's a loaded question and if you ask 10 different technicians, you're probably going to get 10 different answers.

What is the recommended tire pressure for my vehicle? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith. So typically the tire pressure label is going to be either here in the door jam or maybe here on the door, but it's it's typically going to be somewhere in the door jam.

What does it mean when my car is making a knocking noise? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith.

There's a quick test you can do on your own to test your battery health. Start the car about a dozen times. Every time it should start normally. If it it stops cranking and starts clicking and we know it's a weak battery. Here in the desert on a normal flooded battery we typically don't get more than about 3 years out of them due to the heat. So you should always have the battery tested and not just replace it.

Well what you should do about it is shut the car off and get it towed in and get it checked out. If you are low on coolant or radiator fluid or antifreeze or whatever you want to call it, that can be the cause of your overheating and if it is, you can do damage very quickly to your engine. We have a very lightweight engines, aluminum parts expanding and contracting quickly. It's very easy to blow a head gasket or do damage if you drive a car that's overheating.