Auto Repair in Camarillo

Wheel alignment is often overlooked by busy Somis and Ventura County car owners until serious tire damage has been done. One wheel can be knocked out of alignment from the rest by hitting a curb or pothole on Thousand Oaks roads. When a vehicle’s out of alignment, one or more of the wheels does not track true and pulls against the others. The tires will wear out very quickly and will need to be replaced prematurely. It could also lead to SUV suspension damage. At Camarillo Car Care Center, your vehicle is put on an alignment rack where the tires, steering and suspension parts are checked for damage. Then the alignment is charted and checked against the factory settings. Adjustments are made to bring the wheels back into alignment. This gets all four wheels going in precisely the same direction. Signs of alignment problems are: Your car pulls to one side ... read more

In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your SUV engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every single fuel-injected car driving down Camarillo , Somis, and Ventura County roads. Most fuel injectors for gas engines are known in the Thousand Oaks auto industry as port fuel injectors because they deliver the fuel to a port just outside the cylinder. The fuel pump provides pressure needed to squirt the right amount of fuel into the engine. Although more complicated, direct injection technology promises greater power with improved fuel economy for gas-poor Camarillo , Somis, and Ventura County commuters. CA motorists can expect to see more of it in the future. High temperatures ... read more

Every Camarillo car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty. Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your SUV owner’s manual will have a recommendation of when to change the filter. Second, a visual inspection by your Thousand Oaks technician may determine that your filter it is visibly dirty and needs to be changed. Now, most air filters purchased in Camarillo , Somis, or Ventura County don’t cost a lot to replace. It’s just that CA people hate getting caught with an unexpected expense. On the plus side, though, changing a dirty air filter at Camarillo Car Care Center can often save enough on gas to pay for itself before your next oil change in Thousand Oaks. Think about a dirty furnace filter in your Somis home. When it’s all clogged up, enough clean air can’t get ... read more

Everyone in Camarillo CA eventually replaces their tires, whether it's because they're worn out or they're just looking for something different. There are so many great tire choices in Camarillo CA, it can be difficult to sort them out. Let's group the broad spectrum into several categories that will help in the selection process. One category is often referred to as “summer tires”. Summer tires are designed to be driven on the road when temperatures are generally above 45 degrees. Their tread design is optimized for traction on dry roads in Camarillo CA and they're also able to effectively displace water on rainy roads. Now the rubber compound gets a little hard and stiff as temperatures drop below 45 degrees as it occasionally does here in Camarillo CA. And the tread which handles dry roads so well, can get packed with snow or mud - which provides very little traction in those conditions. So if you live where its summer all year round ... read more