Automotive News & Information - Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust

At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, our priority is keeping your car or SUV in the best possible condition, for as long as possible. If you drive a BMW, Audi, Porsche, Subaru, Land Rover, or other luxury or performance vehicle, you want to keep it going strong for years to come. A huge part of that is keeping up with oil changes.

Once you know what's in your transmission, and what’s connected to it, it’s much easier to understand how it works. Let's take a look at how it all comes together. At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we want to make sure you know how your car works so you can keep it in great condition.

Just because manual transmissions aren’t as common these days as they used to be, there are still many out there, and at Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, our certified technicians know how to keep them running at their best.

Your alternator is a central component on any engine. The alternator is responsible for powering anything electronic on your vehicle, including the coils that fire your spark plugs (unless it’s a diesel). At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we know a bad alternator when we see one - here’s how you can spot one too.

No matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive, maintenance is the key to giving your engine a long life. At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we focus on keeping your engine running strong.

Automatic transmissions aren’t easily understood outside of specialists like those at Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID. While it would be impossible to teach you enough to make you a transmission expert in a series of articles, what we can do is give you the fundamental knowledge you need to have a good idea of what your transmission is doing, and how it works.

So, you’ve determined your transmission is bad. What next? Choosing what to do can be overwhelming, and you need someone you can trust to help you decide what work needs to be done. Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID is here to help you make the right decision when it comes to your transmission. There are a few things to consider when your transmission goes out. You might feel inclined to just get a new car, but should you?

While your exhaust system helps reduce noise output from your vehicle, it also significantly reduces harmful emissions from being released into the air. When your muffler and exhaust system are functioning properly, it significantly reduces your vehicle's harmful impact on the environment. It also significantly improves the functionality of your vehicle and improve fuel mileage for your car, truck, SUV or Jeep.

An exhaust system is made up of numerous parts that work together to rid your car of the exhaust gases that are created during the combustion cycle, as your engine burns fuel. Each part of your exhaust system has an important role to play in removing exhaust gases away from the engine as quickly as possible, allowing another cycle of combustion to begin. The more quickly and efficiently an exhaust system does this the more efficiently an engine can run. The main parts of an exhaust system are an exhaust manifold, catalytic converter, oxygen sensors, exhaust pipes, and the muffler.