Cheap Euro Aftermarket Auto Parts

March 3rd, 2010

Beware of what auto parts you buy, they my be cheap junk, RISK. Even if they are three times cheaper, forgeries have no quality.

The use of non-compliant spare parts can pose serious life-threatening both the drivers and to other road users. So, be careful where you buy the products!

The officials of Renault, counterfeit spare parts for cars produced by Renault-Nissan is about 10% of turnover in this segment of the automotive group in the local market. The most common are body parts, brake and steering systems as well as oil filters.

How to recognize counterfeit parts? “On original piece, the unique number is embossed, while on the counterfeit product, the code is printed or non-existent. However, hologram labels counterfeit components appear in many colors, while the original label logo highlights Dacia blue, “he said yesterday, the director of quality and service of Renault, Jean Francois Martin.

Most counterfeit parts come from China, but also in countries like Turkey or Bulgaria, and their price is two to three times lower.




Risk of accidents

Michael Dogărescu, director with the Romanian Auto Registry (RAR), told us that the market for counterfeit parts is now incomparably lower than the years 1995-1998, the percentage rises to about 20%.

According to Dogărescu, pieces of contraband are generally those with high turnover on the local market especially for Dacia cars and the type – brake pads, filters, bearings and spark plugs.

RAR official said that counterfeit products are sold mainly in fairs, in shops in rural marginal neighborhoods or in small family workshops.

According to him, counterfeit parts have the same price as the original parts, for substitute products brand. Not in the “Security”. Dogărescu points out that if the plate is forged brake, braking distance can be doubled.

On the other hand, a major component of auto parts market is the one product that are not counterfeit, but no original so called by that the “aftermarket”.

Aftermarket components, 60% of consumption




“They are made by various manufacturers under license, but they can better or worse. They can be cheap merchandise and if we refer, for example, the bumper can be made from a very poor quality plastic, which breaks immediately, “told us Cristian Muntean, Director Association of Independent Car Service Companies (ASSA ).

He noted that approximately 60% of car parts in cars assembled in Romania are in this category. “In recent years, the number of repair parts that are not original skyrocketed,” said Muntean.

The cost of such pieces  half compared to that of original products, and some insurance companies stimulates repair parts aftermarket, he said.

Dacia representatives say that the parts “aftermarket” have an equivalent quality of the home, but their life may be less.

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Kia Sephia Auto Parts

March 2nd, 2010

Kia Motors Company is a car manufacturing business from South Korea, founded in 1944. Kia is the oldest Korean car manufacturer, in the last years Kia had a high growth rate and became the main sponsor for the Australian Open championship and Davis Cup from the tennis world. Kia has about thirty thousand employees and an annual revenue over fourteen billion US dollars.

You can choose from passenger cars – such as Soul,  Cerato, Cerato Koup, Picanto, Rio cee’d, Magentis and Opirus -, to SUV’s – like Venga, Carens, Carnival, Sportage, Sorento and Mohave -, commercial vehicles – the K2700, K4000S, K4000G, AM 928 and Granbird -, or concept cars.

So you’re a KIA can owner and still you’re bored with the default design of it or you’re just in need of some parts to change with new ones because of on accident. Well you can find Kia auto parts at any Kia dealer or you can search the web for them if you like doing things from inside your house.




You can try accessing the Kia Auto Parts website at http://www.kiapartstore.com and start the search for the auto parts you need for your Kia. Enter the year your car was released along with the car’s brand ( in our case: Kia ) in the search form. Then you get redirected to a list of vehicle models from which you need to choose the model you need the part for; then you can search the part by entering the part name inside the “search by part name” form or simply selecting it from the list that is just below the search form. When you find the needed part, check the price and if you are ok with it, press Add to Cart and continue to check out. A new window will appear if you do not already have an account on that website, and you’ll be asked to fill the following forms: the billing address, the shipping address, the credit card information, and you can leave some specifications if you have any about the year, make or model. Then you’ll be redirected to another page in order to create an account on their website.



If you did not find the Kia auto part you need on the previous website, you can try another one. On http://www.kiaautobodypartstore.com you will find a similar search form as on the other one. Enter the make of the car, which in your case is Kia, select the year and hit the Shop Now button. Then you’ll be asked to select a vehicle model ( the one that you are searching auto parts for ) then you will get a page filled with categories, choose the one in which the part you search is in, then a list of pieces will appear and you will click on the Add to Cart button associated to the piece you need and continue to check out. You will again be asked to provide them with your billing address, shipping address, credit card information and specifications if you have any, in order to receive the piece you ordered.

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Volkswagen Auto Parts

March 2nd, 2010

Volkswagen AG or VW is a multinational company from Wolfsburg, Germany founded in 1937 by Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche, based on building German automobiles and also bodyparts. Volkswagen means “people’s car” and was thought to be the car that any German could buy during the Nazi regime. The VW company’s motto is “Aus Liebe zum Automobil” which means “with love for the car”. The VW brand belongs to the Volkswagen Group concern, the fourth largest group of car producers in the world, after General Motors, Toyota and Ford.

A car is like every other belonging, it has electrical pieces and metal working over metal, and things tend to break. One of the greatest online Volkswagen auto parts shop is the VW Mart. You can access their website over at http://www.vwmart.com. They have a huge variety of auto parts for every single type of VW on the street. From air conditioning to coil packs, from drain plugs to oil pumps, everything you need for you favorite car you can find over at their website.




When you enter the website, you need to fill a form in order to let them know for what model you need auto parts; so enter the year of the fabrication and select your car brand – Volkswagen in our case – and hit “Go”, or you can search for a specific auto part by entering the dealer’s OEM number of the part. For example if we select a 2008 Volkswagen we’ll be redirected into another page where we need to select the model. Let’s choose a Jetta V 2.5 5 cylinder, the year range: 2005 – 2008 ( 05 – 08 ) with a BGP, BGQ engine and a A5 chassis. We get on another page on which we need to select the category to which the part we are looking for belongs and we’ll choose climate control for example. Then we get a list of parts, and select the blower motor resistor as being the part we need and the price appears; click on “add to cart” and then proceed to check out where you’ll have to provide them with the billing information, the shipping information and the shipping method.



If you did not find the auto part you were searching for on VW Mart, you can try another Volkswagen auto parts shop like the AutoHausAZ; you can reach them over at their website at http://www.autohausaz.com. Same as on the other site, you must fill a form with the year of production and the brand of the car. Then select the exact model of your car from the shown list and you’ll be redirected to another filling form where you’ll need to search for the part manually if you don’t find it in the list of body parts categories shown below it. Then select the piece you need if you are ok with the price and click on to “add item to cart”. You must then create an account in which you will provide them the same shipping information for you to receive the needed auto part.

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New Auto Parts

February 28th, 2010

Nissan 370Z Coupe – Power, Passion, Performance





Z History continues: new technologies in a model with tradition. 331CP – Nissan Z is the most powerful ever built. Aggressive design and sporty, muscular and dynamic shape. First manual transmission Synchro Control Rev. auto industry.

370Z’s design expresses the essence of the brand Nissan sports sharp curves and aggressive. Form bonnet, the roof and the back are a continuous line, nearly horizontal, giving the sensation of a vehicle in one piece, with a perfect aerodynamic. 370Z’s interior combines sophistication and functionality to provide maximum pleasure and delight to drive.




Inside – Comfort and Excitement
Discover the world of leather and leather comfort of the cabin. Be ready for action – protects you for championing the rights of the knee, appearing on both sides of the center console and seats with special reinforcements and bumpers on the legs (for the driver seat) for more lateral support and protection during cornering.

From the muscular figure by sculpted contours, 370Z radiates power and confidence. Extreme power 3.7L V6 engine is a burst of adrenaline as breathtaking.

The new Nissan 370Z has traction on the rear axle and the engine located to the distribution of power is a function of weight – exactly as a sports car.




The new Citroen C3
For the new C3, Citroen sets from the beginning an ambitious goal: to replace the bestseller, sold over 2 million copies. The new C3 over assets of the previous version and adds new arguments of seduction: a sober styling, high quality finishes, providing an intelligent architecture habitability over a segment standards, but maintaining the most compact vehicle category market, interior comfort and a remarkable road behavior, both in town and on the way out.

These benefits will allow the new Citroen C3 to assume the role of primary family vehicle, but also the main vehicle fleets.

New Citroen C3 offers a real comfort to all passengers on board: acoustic comfort and vibration but also olfactory and visual comfort, due to glazed surfaces and ambient perfume.

C3 provides a high level of active safety, thanks to safe road behavior and braking system performance. In difficult situations, a comprehensive set of electronic driving assistance into action.




The new Chevrolet Spark – the perfect accessory for city life
Innovative design, modern Spark makes it very appealing and makes it the perfect accessory for city life. He does not fit the definition usually mini cars,, pretty and spoiled “sporty style that inspires confidence it gives the proportions of a larger car and makes it stand out.

The new Chevrolet Spark has a stylish look and offers the latest features in-vehicle entertainment, while being very practical, with low fuel consumption and low emissions. Moreover, presents an excellent value for money.

From the outset, Spark was created to have a design with modern features and expressive, but at the same time providing a generous space and an exceptional level of functionality. Few models with a footprint so small, currently on the market show the benefits of a car with five doors, five seats and a luggage compartment so practical.

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Auto Repair Parts

February 28th, 2010

Oil change – Honda Civic

Over the next steps you will learn how to change the oil in a Honda Civic 8th generation. Just follow these instructions.





Instructions:
1. Start the engine for several minutes before starting the exchange.
2. Put the car on jack for access under it. Oil filter cap is colored blue and red leak.
3. Open hood and remove the engine cover, where they put the oil. This way the oil will drain faster.
4. Under the car, remove the lid and put the oil leak tray and positioned exactly in the right hole.
5. After leaking the oil, remove the filter with a key. The oil filter will leak so be careful.
6. Fitted new filter. Put a little oil on the tray liner. Strange filter by hand.
7. Remove the old aluminum seal on the cover for leakage and replaces it. Put the cover. On it you can collect the key for the sealing gasket to deform.
8. Now put the oil. Use a funnel and put about 3.5-4 liters of oil.
9. Start the engine a bit and check the oil level using the rod.
10. To reset the oil life on board computer, click the button SEL / oil reset until menu appears. Hold 10 seconds until the button icon flashes. May you still pressed 5 seconds until it resets.
Warning:
• Change oil your own risk. If you are not sure what you go to a car service.

How do you charge the battery with another car ?

It’s easy to do one oil change to engine. Thus you can save a significant amount of money. Just follow these instructions.

Instructions
1. Park the car with the battery loaded closer to the other vehicle. Should be sufficiently close to the wires to reach from one battery to another.
2. Raise the hood of every car and put your gloves and goggles.
3. Connect the terminals so that they will be identical polarities (positive to positive and negative to negative). Positive terminal is red and negative terminal is black.
4. Now connect the other end of the wire and the other battery. It is better to connect the negative terminal first and then the positive terminal.
5. Make sure the wires do not sit on the engine cooling fan. Start the car engine with charged battery and let it start a few minutes. Now you can start the car with Battery.

6. Once you start the car with the Battery you can disconnect the wires.


Attention!

• During the process it is possible that sparks will jump, so be sure there are no flammable liquids nearby.

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Classic Industries Auto Parts

February 28th, 2010

For a car can run, its required that both the electrical system as well as the supply system to work together. Here are some reasons why your car engine does not start.





Dead battery
Dead battery is one of the most common reasons why an engine will not start. Check if the battery is in good condition and if the liquid is good.

Failure to starter
Starter mechanism puts in motion the engine pistons. When the starter is a failing, it reduces engine power and it does not start.

Fuel filter stuffed
A stuffy gas filter will not allow fuel to penetrate the combustion chamber and so the engine will not start.

Gasoline pump jammed

Gasoline pump, pumps gasoline from the tank to the combustion chamber, where gas is lit the spark plugs. Without the gasoline pump, the motor will not start.





Ignition system fault
If the ignition system is faulty, the fuel will not burn. The problem can usually be solved by replacing the spark plugs. No ignition, the engine will not start.There is no doubt that cars with manual transmission are very fun to drive. You are in direct control over every aspect of the car

About manual transmission
A multi-speed manual transmission is usually 5, but differs from one machine to another. When changing gears in fact you change the engines power for the forward wheels. Changing speeds and traction depends on the type of gear box, but the principle is the same.

History
All cars up to 1938 had manual a gearbox, that until General Motors released the first automatic gearbox market. Since then most car passenger have a automatic gear box.

How it works
It is better to think of a bicycle with 10 speeds. Although the way of change is completely different, the principle is the same. To change the ratio of power.
In a car, speeds do not change with a chain. Speeds are interconnected. Gears help change the gear. Pressing the clutch disconnects the speed at which you were and helps you connect the next one. Such speeds do not overlap.
Change to a higher speed will reduce the number of revolutions of the engine. Therefore if you want to overcome a car, put the car into a lower speed to catch power.




Types
Most cars have 5-speeds plus the reverse. Older models had 3 or 4 speed shifts and the gear box was either one the wheel or the floor..
Performance cars can have 6 speeds to allow speed to maintain a lower number of turns.

Attention
You must be careful that when you use a car with manual transmission, pushing the clutch. Also you should not take your foot off the clutch immediately because it will reach speeds and will wear out.
It is good to start the car when you hit the clutch, but using the clutch more than is needed, will damage it.

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New Auto Parts

February 28th, 2010

The thermostat

The thermostat is a mechanical part of the cooling system, whose function is to close the inlet passage to the radiator coolant, while the engine is cold after the start, for it to arrive as soon as the desired operating temperature, and open’s to let the fluid pass through the radiator after the engine has reached optimum operating temperature.





The thermostat consists of a ferrite core, which expands at higher temperature, acting through its construction, the air-cooled engines blindly guides the circuit of air or liquid cooled engines, a valve, where the liquid Cooling, triggered by a pump, may move the engine block to the radiator, thus maintaining a temperature of ca. 83-92 ° C, optimum temperature of the engine. This setting of a thermostat, differ from the engines type to another.



Planetary axis

Transmit power from the planetary spindle motor to rotate the shaft, which propels the car. Cars may have front traction, rear or full. The front wheel drive cars, its united with the planetary transmission axis forming a single piece. In cars with rear-wheel drive transmission its connected by a planetary spindle shaft and the wheel-drive. The cars power is divided by a transfer box to the 4 wheels.
Brakes
Current hydraulic brakes power used to transmit pressure on the driver’s pedal to brake plates. The pedal is connected to a cylinder to pump hydraulic fluid through hoses and rubber to steel wheels. Latest models have a second spare cylinder. Thus if a line is damaged, other operation. Brake calipers contain plates which press the brake disc. The friction slows the car.




Suspensions and direction
Suspensions and direction work together not only to allow the driver to choose the direction, but to provide comfort and driving over bumpy parts. Suspensions consists in the spring that is mounted between the wheels and bodywork. On impact with the pit wheel arch to compress and soften the blow. All power steering systems use hydraulic fluid to allow easy handling of the steering wheel.

Aligning wheels

1. Go with the car on a straight road. Take the wheel straight and fixed, and if the car pulls to the right or the left, then the wheels are not aligned.
2. If you need to keep the wheel bent to go in a straight line, then you should really go to a car mechanic.
3. Look at the wheels. If they are not worn out uniformly, surely the wheels are not aligned. Its good to change and rubber.
4. When you take curves, take a look if the wheel is in position to stretch.
5. If the steering wheels shaking when you drive in straight line speed, then surely wheels are not balanced or aligned.

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Auto Car Parts

February 27th, 2010

The gear box -The gearbox is a set of gears used to force processing and transmission of rotational motion at different aggregates or vehicles. It is a component of the kinematic chain of transmission that allows broadening the range of speeds and times the impeller. Mounted usually between clutch and transmission longitudinally. On vehicles built after solution “all before” or “all covered” longitudinal transmission disappears, so that the gearbox is disposed between the clutch and transmission plant.




Six-speed transmission of the system fulfills a multiple vehicle: torque amplification and broadening the scope of the wheels driving speed over that provided by the engine’s speed limits, and granting the possibility of reversing and kinematic chain interruption of transmission mechanism for parking the vehicle with the engine running long. Gearboxes are made by different levels of reports called transmission gears, engine energy grants opportunities to energy requirements of the vehicle in motion to ensure dynamic performance, fuel consumption and pollution as good.

The transmission
Overview  – Transmission system consists of parts and organs with specific roles as follows: clutch, gearbox, transmission Cardan, main transmission, differential, distributor reducers, planetary gear shafts final.
Clutch  – Coupled clutch gradually disengaged from the rest of the engine transmission, both at home and while walking, step change gearbox.

Gearbox  – Gearbox thrust or speed change depending on the amount Drag is made possible without reversing  the engine and also allows the car while parking lengthy engine operation.
Transmission cardans  – Cardan transmission, time passes engine to the transmission to the main gearbox. Its necessary due to the difference between the geometric axes of the trees, the difference caused by oscillations of the suspension system.

Differential  – Differential allows the driven wheels of the same deck, turning to cover different distances.
Trees planetary  – Trees planetary differential transmit the engine when the driving wheels.
Final transmission  – Final transmission ratio increases total transmitere.Există only some buses and large trucks.

Construction of a coil – The coil is made by winding a conductor (usually copper) on a core. This core may be ferromagnetic, in this case the coil with high inductance, or may be non-ferromagnetic, or even absent (as air core), in this case coil with low inductance. AC coil is of an inductive reactant, frequency dependent alternating current.

Physical aspects – Inductance (measured in henry, H) is a physical quantity equal to the ratio of magnetic flux established by a circuit current passing through it, and that current intensity. A change in current produces a magnetic flux variation, which in turn produces electric power that tries to oppose change in current.

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Advance Auto Parts

February 27th, 2010

History – Germany’s Robert Bosch GmbH (known, more popular, as Bosch) ABS technology developed since the 1930s, but the first cars set to use Bosch electronic system became available in 1978. They appeared the first time for German trucks and Mercedes-Benz limousines. Later systems were ported and motorcycles.




Initially, ABS systems were developed for aircraft. An early system was Dunlop Maxaret company presented in the 1950s, and still in use on some aircraft models. This was a completely mechanical system. It was used on automobiles in the 1960s (Ferguson P99 car racing, Jensen FF and the experimental car Ford Zodiac wheel drive) but the car was expensive and was not entirely reliable. A complete mechanical was built and sold by Lucas Girling  the factory equipped a Ford Fiesta 3rd generation. He called Stop Control System (control system shutdown).


Operation
ABS of a BMW K75 motorcycle
A typical ABS is composed of a central electronic unit, four-speed transducers (one for each wheel) and two or more hydraulic valves on the brake circuit. A electronic unit constantly monitors the rotation speed of each wheel. When it detects that one wheel is rotating more slowly than the other (a condition that will bring it in a lock state), moves the valves to relieve pressure in the brake circuit, reducing the braking force on that wheel.

Efficiency – On high-traction surfaces, dry or wet, most cars are equipped with ABS, braking distances get better (shorter) than those without ABS. A driver with average skills can handle car without ABS, a brake cadence, to achieve performance of a novice driver on a car with ABS. However, a significant number of drivers chose ABS because it enhances braking distances in various conditions. The recommended technique for driving a car equipped with ABS in an emergency situation, is to press the brake pedal to the metal and to avoid obstacles.

In such cases, ABS will significantly reduce the chances of a skid and loss of control, especially with heavy machinery.On snow and gravel, ABS braking distance increases. On these surfaces, locked wheels would widen and stop the car faster, but ABS prevents this. Some models of ABS reduce this effect by increasing the cycling time, leaving the wheels to lock repeatedly for short periods. ABS’s advantage in these areas is improved machine control, and no braking, although loss of control on such areas is still possible.

Once activated, the ABS will make the pedal to pulsate. Some drivers, sensing this, pressing the pedal and thus reduce the increase braking distance. This contributes to increasing the number of accidents. For this reason some manufacturers have implemented systems that maintain power Brake Assist emergency braking.

Traction control – ABS equipment may also be used to implement traction control to accelerate a car. If, when accelerating, rubber grip lose ground, ABS can detect the situation and apply the brakes to reduce speed to regaining grip.  Manufacturers usually sell it as a separate option, even if the traction control infrastructure are largely shared with that of ABS’s. More sophisticated versions can control the acceleration and brake simultaneously, resulting as Bosch and Continental Teves called Electronic Stability Control, Electronic Stability Program.

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Car Auto Parts

February 26th, 2010

Early diesel engines

Rudolph Diesel’s intention was to replace the steam engine as the primary source of energy for industry. Diesel engines in the end of the XIX century and early twentieth century used the same form and layout as industrial steam: high-stroke cylinders, external valve, cylinder heads per cylinder and crankshaft without Carter, coupled to an enormous flywheel. Soon, there will be smaller engines with vertical cylinders, while most industrial motors large and medium sized were all horizontal cylinder, and just as steam engines, had more cylinders.





Highest early diesel engines were replicas of the steam, with impressive length, the top few meters. They operated with a very low speeds, mainly due to diesel injected with compressed air, but also because it had to meet most industrial equipment built for steam engines, where normal operating speeds fell between 100 and 300 revolutions per minute. Engines started using compressed air, which was introduced in the cylinder and rotated the engine, while the lowest could be turned on manually.


In the first decades of the twentieth century, when larger diesel engines were installed in ships, they were as steam engines, pushing a piston rod coupled to a rod that rotated shaft engine. Following the model steam engines were built with double-acting engine, where combustion take place on both sides of the piston to increase the strength. They had two sets of valves and two fuel injection systems. The system allowed also change reversing, changing times of injection. Therefore, the engine can be directly coupled to the propeller axis, without the need for a gearbox. Although they had great power and were very efficient, large double-acting engine problem was the combustion chamber and lower segments. In 1930 it was found that fitting turbochargers was an easy and effective solution.

Modern diesel engines

Diesel or petrol engines are in 2 stroke or 4 stroke. Most engines are 4 stroke, but bigger ones work in 2-stroke, mainly those on the ship. Most modern locomotives use in 2-stroke diesel engines coupled to electrical generators that act as electric motors, eliminating the need for transmission. To increase pressure cylinders used overeating, especially two-stroke diesel engines with two races per rotation of the crankshaft useful.


Normally, the cylinders are multiples of two, but can use any number of cylinders, as long as any excessive vibrations are eliminated. The configuration used is the 6 cylinder in line, but and 8 cylinders in V or 4 in line are used. Small capacity engines (especially those under 5000 cc) usually have 4 (majority) or 6 cylinders, used cars. There are 5-cylinder engines, a compromise between the smooth operation of one of 6 cylinders and  a small scale of one to 4 cylinders. Diesel engines for current uses (boats, generators, pumps) were 4, 3 and 2-cylinder or a small capacity single cylinder.


The desire to improve the ratio weight / power have brought innovations concerning the arrangement of cylinders to get more power per displacement. The best known engine is the Napier Deltic with three cylinders arranged as a triangle, each cylinder having 2 pistons with opposite action, all engines with crankshafts 3. Commer, a truck company in the UK has used a similar engine for its vehicles, designed Tillings-Stevens, member of the Rootes Group, called TS3. TS3 engine had 3-cylinders, horizontally inclined, each with 2 pistons acting opposite connected to the crankshaft through a mechanism type rocker arms. Although both technical solutions produced a higher power for their engine capacity, the engines were complex, expensive items and maintain.

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