Carbon, carbon, carbon, carbon. Wow! this is killing modern diesel engines. There are two things that cause carbon to form faster than anything. Idling your truck for more than to just warm it up and lots of really short trips. Your engine needs to get up to temp and stay at a steady state driving …
BUYING A USED VEHICLE AND THE AFTERMARKET WARRANTY
I am buying a used vehicle what should I do?
Many people come into our shop that have already bought a vehicle and find it is having problems once they get it home. These problems can sometimes cost a considerable amount of money to fix. Fortunately this is usually avoidable. I think many people th…
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AMSOIL
Our relationship with Amsoil came around in a personal manner. Erik Rud, the owner of Big Thompson Diesel and Automotive, used to race motocross professionally in Colorado. The sport would have him out riding his dirt bike every single weekend for several years. Needless to say this type of riding w…
WHAT IS THE BEST DIESEL TRUCK OUT THERE?
This is a serious question I get asked over and over. Usually it is when a customer is faced with an expensive repair on their current vehicle. This is a very difficult question to answer. So from a very experienced diesel mechanics point of view I am going to try to educate everyone the best I can …
THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL MAIN PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
This is an article we wrote back in 2011. It was an attempt to educate our customers. Over the years many repair shops have called in asking if we can help them fix a 6.0 based on just this article. While we are flattered it is kind of funny that many years later not a lot has changed in the 6.0 wor…
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