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The Art of Listening to Your Car

Listening to your car to understand car repair related issues is a skill which trained car mechanics develop over years of toiling with vehicles. Most of the times one will see that a car mechanic will test drive the vehicle and during the drive itself will tell the issues without physical inspection. Invariably the highlighted[…]

Monday Morning Blues

The Curious Case of a frequently discharging car battery

There often comes interesting instances in your profession which become tough challenges to solve, but over time become interesting case studies. A very well known instance is the automobile industry is the “GM Pontaic allergy to Vanilla Ice cream”. Fairly recently, we at Pitcrew also grappled with an interesting car battery discharging challenge. One fine day[…]

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Car Repair

Things to check before starting your car

What: Things to check before you start driving a car. Why: You don’t enjoy being late or being stuck due to vehicle breakdown – do you? When: Every time you start the car – Or at least before the first start of the day. Skill Level: All you need is a little observation and of[…]

Jump Start

Dealing with Dead Car Battery

If you’ve ever finished up a long day only to get behind the wheel of your car and find that turning the key in its ignition results in nothing but silence… Dead car battery may be the issue.  Symptoms of Weak / Dead car battery: Engine cranks but doesn’t starts No crank, no start, no[…]