Marysville Auto Repair

Hi everyone!  Have you ever wondered “Why do I need to change my brake fluid?” Changing brake fluid is important to keep your braking system running smoothly for as long as possible and to avoid expensive repairs. Your brakes have many hydraulic components. Hydraulic means that fluid powers sections of the braking system. The master cylinder, calipers and ABS (anti-lock braking system) are all hydraulic. The caliper is what squeezes the brake pads against the brake rotor when you are trying to stop. The ABS system is what stops your car’s brakes from locking up in an abrupt stop or when making an evasive maneuver. The master cylinder is the main component of the hydraulic braking system, it’s what provides pressure to the rest of the hydraulic braking system. Brake fluid absorbs fluid from the air and it becomes corrosive inside the metal lines that every car has under them. The whole hydraulic system will become prematurely worn if the fluid becomes c ... read more

Last week, a jeep came in on a tow truck, which was a sad day for the customer. The customer’s complaint was, that it was would no longer shift or move in any of the gears, but would roll.  The vehicle was from out of state, and the customer had come here to visit family and take a vacation. They had only been here about a week, when they noticed that it was not shifting very well. After they arrived, the tech performed an inspection. He found that the transfer case had no fluid left and hadn’t any for a while, and the vehicle had been driven with the 4-wheel drive engaged. The lack of fluid allowed the chain to rub a hole in the transfer case. This had obviously been going on for a long time. No one noticed it while driving, but this could have been prevented with a regular inspection of the vehicle. Make sure you listen to your vehicle and make sure if you notice any funny noises that it might be making to get your vehicle inspected. Here at Bud’s, we want to m ... read more

The importance of checking your tires! Your tires are very important to the wellbeing of your vehicles life. Under or over inflated tires can make a big difference to your car or tires wellfare.  Underinflated can make a difference in how your car handles, gas mileage and a chance of a blow out while hard cornering or  fast maneuvers to get out of someone’s way.  Over inflated tires can make your vehicle ride really hard and wear unevenly and cause them to wear out even sooner. Checking your tires air pressure is very important to your tires life, also this gives you a chance to look at your tires and see if they need to be replaced.   The vehicle should also have an alignment whenever you need new tires, your alignment can make a big difference in the life of the tires. The attached photos show a vehicle that needs an alignment you can really see were the tire has uneven wear on the outside edge.   If your tire monitoring light is on you shoul ... read more

Women in Snohomish county Lets meet Katie an employee of Bud's who would like to help learn a few easy things to help maintain your vehicle. First thing we will learn about is checking your oil. How to check your oil, first make sure your car is cool and been parked for a bit, then you will need to pop the hood, most cars have a hood release latch in the cab of the vehicle under the dash that says hood over the top or a picture of an open hood on the lever. It is a little lever that you pull. Then you go to your hood by the bumper and push or pull the other release latch to open the hood. Most cars require a bar or stick looking thing to hold the hood open, make sure this is in place. Then look on your engine for a Dipstick that looks like a little hooky looking thing that you can pull out, male sure it is the oil one, then pull out and wipe off, then put back in and pull out again and look at the oil on the dipstick, does it say full or add, if it says add you will need to add ... read more

A good reason to always run antifreeze and have the freeze point levels tested in your cooling system. A customer had purchased a used 2006 Dodge Magnum and after a week it started to have an overheating problem. During the first week of owning the new car it was not drove much, then when it started driving more it started to overheat.  The customer replaced the thermostat and noticed that it did not look like the system had antifreeze in it. Even after the thermostat it continued to overheat so the customer brought it to our shop for diagnoses. Our technician found there was a hole in the radiator way up under the metal section of the hood and that the water system was very rusty from the previous owner not putting antifreeze in it. It appeared that the vehicle may have had overheating issues before as several issues were going on.  The relay that runs the cooling system fans, very specific problem for the magnum, for the radiator was blown and so the cooling fans were not ... read more