Your Vehicle is NOT Maintenance Free, Wichita Car Owners
A generation ago, Wichita car owners seemed to be more inclined to keep their vehicle’s preventive maintenance on schedule. One reason for this may be that vehicles back then were a lot less reliable than they are today. Having your minivan in to your Wichita shop every year or two for repairs seemed to be […]
Budget For Maintenance in Wichita
Sometimes busy Wichita residents dream about going back to the “simpler” days of our grandparents. But if you could travel back in time and take a road trip around Wichita in a Model T, you might change your mind. The improved designs and quality of today’s automobiles have significantly reduced the amount of time Wichita […]
Yost Auto Service Helps You Decipher The Menu Board: Part 2
Your browser does not support video Wichita service centers have a menu board that lists the services they provide. Some Wichita drivers may not be familiar with all of the items on the board so here is a quick description of some of the typical services that might be listed. Yost Auto Service fuel system […]
Serpentine Belt Service At Yost Auto Service In Wichita
If you’ve ever heard a squealing sound under your minivan hood, chances are it was your serpentine belt. Your serpentine belt is a long belt that’s driven by your engine. It winds around several accessories that power important automotive systems in your minivan. Let’s go over them. First, the serpentine belt drives your air conditioning […]
The Importance Of Wichita Drivers Following Service Intervals
Your browser does not support video Today in our Yost Auto Service blog, we’re going to talk about following recommended service intervals. Your minivan isn’t the only aspect of your life in Wichita with recommended intervals: Let’s start with twice yearly dental check-ups and regular physical exams. How about laundry, watering the lawn and paying […]
Yost Auto Service: Why Replace Your Engine Air Filter?
Your browser does not support video Just as our bodies need clean air to function properly, your minivan engine needs clean air to operate efficiently. Let’s go egghead for a minute. For every gallon of gas we burn driving on Kansas expressways, twenty pounds of carbon dioxide comes out the tailpipe. Question: how can a […]
Keeping Your minivan Young
Sometimes it seems in Wichita we live in such a disposable society. It’s amazing all the stuff we throw away. New stuff comes out so fast, we just toss the old and move on. It seems like when we were kids in Wichita, our parents were real sticklers about taking care of our stuff. You […]
Yost Auto Service Maintenance Tips: The Belt Goes On
Today’s Yost Auto Service auto maintenance article focuses on your serpentine belt. Your serpentine belt is a long belt that’s driven by your engine. It winds around several accessories that power important automotive systems. Let’s go over them. First, the serpentine belt drives your minivan air conditioning system. It spins the compressor that makes the […]
Busting Automotive Myths In Wichita Kansas
Myths passed around our Wichita Kansas community start with a grain of evidence and are then built up with a lot of imagination and very elastic logic. And the internet is a breeding ground for automotive myths. Some bloggers recall the minivans of yesteryear and declare their modern decedents to be virtually maintenance free and […]
Busted: The Maintenance-Free Myth In Andover
Your browser does not support video There’s a segment of the Andover population that’s not committed to proper vehicle maintenance. Mistaken perceptions have crept into the Kansas area over time. Many Andover motorists think the root lies in the fact that modern cars are so reliable. Reliability has improved dramatically in recent years. Quality surveys […]