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Fresh Oil, Happy Pistons

This Renault Clio IV just got the spa treatment its engine deserved. New oil, fresh filters, and a whole lot of love under the hood—because even small cars have big feelings when maintenance is overdue.

Another smooth-running Clio back on the road, ready to sip fuel responsibly and pretend it wasn’t making all that noise before.

📍 Serviced by AutoBros

🔧 Because engines run better when they’re treated right 😉

Someone once asked me what was the most amazing, worst, best thing I had ever seen when it comes to cars?

A few years back a car had been brought in on a recovery truck, and would not run. If I remember correctly the car was about six years old, ish. When we examined it, the engine had seized and wouldn’t turn at all. We removed the rocker cover and instead of oil we found a thick, tar-like substance which had jammed the engine solid. Questioning the owner we discovered that they bought the car new and had never had it serviced or had the oil changed the entire time they’d owned it. The
engine was destroyed and the only option was a new one costing thousands of dollars.

OIL CHANGES ARE VERY NECESSARY. In fact they are the single most important service task you can do to your car and the biggest determining factor in how long your car engine will last.

What Are Some Of The Things That Can Happen If I Keep Driving My Car With A Broken Tie Rod End?

Tie rods have an adjustment that keeps your tires in alignment. They also provide the link between your steering wheel and the front tires. You turn the wheel, the tire rod pushes the tires left and right.

Worn tie rods can cause shaky front wheels, misaligned front tires, imprecise steering, excessively worn tires. A broken tie rod would allow one tire to flop to the side causing instant loss of steering and a crash if you are going fast enough.

A least, you will be wearing out your tires much faster than you should. You will be replacing those tires sooner than later.

At most, a worn tie rod could cause an accident because your steering isn’t accurate.

If you are still driving your car, you don’t have a broken tie rod. You may have severely worn tie rods if your front tires are wearing unevenly (can be caused by a poor alignment as well), aligning the front end doesn’t fix your tire wear problem, or your steering wheel wobbles while you drive.

They aren’t that expensive to replace and much less expensive than adding a new set of tires to that cost or an accident.