While you might get that auto detail done to a shine, it’s easy to overlook the fact your engine needs attention too. A stalling engine is bad enough; you don’t want the situation to evolve into a full-blown engine seizure right before you have to make it to an important meeting or some social event.
Even though taking care of your cars at home seems to be the rad thing to do these days, when it’s something as combustive & complicated as an engine, you better be hiring an auto mechanic if your engine is shot. Infiniti of Melbourne presents you the various signs where your ignorance can cost a poor engine its efficiency, or worse, a sooty demise!
Check Engine Light
The first sign of engine trouble is the check engine light on the dashboard. It’s not that direct about where the problem might be in the engine, but it’s pretty evident that the engine is in distress. Unfortunately, this is the earliest prevention stage, but it’s often missed out on.
Color Of the Exhaust
Understandably, all fuel powered vehicles produce carbon emissions or smoke, but with enhanced low-emission designs of contemporary car engines, too much smoke can signal engine problems. If the smoke is dark & sooty, that’s the sign of an inefficient engine with an air-fuel error ratio. If the smoke is blue, the engine oil is burning within the combustion chambers. White smoke is even more alarming as it signals your engine block gasket & cylinders are corroded, & the coolant is actually leaking into the cylinders!
Temperature Gauge
It’s natural for the engine to heat up during a prolonged period of use, but if your engine is reaching overheating levels too fast, it could be that the coolant is low or that something far more sinister is happening inside the engine block. Damaged gasket, warped cylinder, sludge for engine oil, and coolant breach all put pressure on the engine and cause it to heat up. Your engine can seize and deform the piston heads!
Knocking Sounds
A knocking engine is caused by uncontrolled ignition of the air-fuel mix after the timed combustion intervals. The knocking is the sounds of the uncontrolled ‘explosions’ within the engine. If ignored too long, incomplete internal combustion can turn the engine oil from maple to black sludge. That causes overheating & possible engine seizure.
Poor Fuel Economy
Do keep an eye on the mileage for this sign. If your car seems to be consuming too much for the miles put out, and that coincides with sooty black exhaust, then you probably need the mechanic to look into the camshaft assembly and the fuel injection systems and get your engine flushed. That ought to improve the economy, but it will leave lasting effects on the engine’s health.
Stall On Idle
If your engine stalls in neutral idle, has a very resonant high RPM idle, or stalls just as you rev the car, the most apparent reason is that the fuel delivery is faulty, the fuel pump is giving out or clogged. A trip to the mechanic is all it takes to fix the stalling before your engine gets seized from all that inefficient combustion!
If your engine is exhibiting all these signs, you need a moment to think about whether a damaged car engine is the best way to go or a trip to the mechanic. If the stalling is too frequent, it’s best to get in touch with Infiniti of Melbourne and have your vehicle brought to our auto shop for a round of brute force TLC to get the engine back to mint condition.
Serving Lakewood Park, FL, we offer the best mechanics in town. With all the parts, service specials, & roadside assistance right up our alley, your engine will be squeaky clean once we’re done with it!
Don’t stall on an engine repair; schedule for a service today!
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