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Spring Car Care Tips for Antigo, WI Drivers

As the weather warms up in Antigo, WI, getting your car ready for spring driving is important. Regular vehicle maintenance is crucial for ensuring your car operates safely and efficiently, especially after the harsh winter months. You can improve your vehicle's performance, increase fuel efficiency, and extend its lifespan by taking care of routine maintenance tasks.

 

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Take Care of Your Car This Spring

As the weather gets warmer, now’s the perfect time to do some routine maintenance on your car. Here are few tips from Langlade Ford to get your car springtime ready.

One thing you should do for your car this spring is to check the fluid levels. 

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Understanding Mufflers and Exhausts

Your exhaust system may seem complicated, but at its essence, it’s an efficient network of pipes that remove the byproducts of igniting fuel from your engine. A few different systems deal with the gases or take advantage of them on their way out, such as a catalytic converter, which filters out harmful substances, or a turbocharger, which uses the gases to make the engine perform more efficiently.

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Check Your PSI and Maintain Tire Pressure Correctly

Your tire pressure light comes on, and you immediately think you have a flat. That's probably not the case. Tire pressure lights come on when there is a significant drop in pressure, but it could be a gradual tire pressure leak from a missing cap, or it could just be the loss of tire pressure over time.

To get back on the road, you should check your PSI on the tire or in the vehicle owner's manual. If you notice that the tire pressure drops again, then you may have tire damage. It would be best to get…

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Caring for the Transfer Case in a Four-Wheel-Drive or AWD Vehicle

If you own a four-wheel-drive or an all-wheel drive vehicle, you probably know that the power transfers between the axles when needed for optimum maneuvering in difficult driving conditions. This transfer of power is accomplished by the transfer case.

A transfer case is a gearbox component of the drivetrain in four-wheel-drive and AWD vehicles. In four-wheel drive vehicles it transfers power from the transmission to the front and rear axles, and in AWD vehicles the transfer case moves power between the axles, according to which wheels are receiving the most traction.

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Synthetic vs. Conventional Motor Oil

You’ve purchased a new car, and the manual says it requires synthetic motor oil. You may be thinking it’s just a gimmick to get make more money. If these are your thoughts, you couldn’t be more wrong. Synthetic motor oil is required for specific vehicles and motors Stop in at [DEALER] and have our techs go over our various motor oils and explain the necessity of synthetic motor oil.

While many cars still use conventional motor oil if their driving is on smooth, well-maintained and dust-free roads. However, we can’t all do driving like that. Synthetic…

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