Kiwi Car Care offers an array of services for your automotive and motorcycle needs. At Kiwi Car Care we care about you and your car and suggest that you take a serious look at preventative maintenance for the long-term welfare of your car and your pocketbook. Nothing keeps your automobile running optimally and safer than prevention and maintenance. Listed below are some of the services available at our shop:
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE REPAIR SERVICES
- Oil & Lube Services Fuel Pumps
- Tune Up Carburetors
- Fuel Injector Brakes & Clutch
- Brake Fluid Flush Starters & Alternators
- Air Conditioner Engines-Rebuild & Replace
- Belts & Hoses Differential & Transaxle
- Coolant Flush Radiators
- Cooling Systems Suspension Work
- Transmission Flush Transmission Repairs
- Battery Replacements Timing Belts & Chains
- Windshield Wiper Fluid Water Pump
Preventative Fluid Maintenance Services
We offer these fluid maintenance services in combination packages, alone, or added to scheduled maintenance services. We offer the following services to help you and your vehicle stay ahead of the game. See below for suggested maintenance schedule for the health and happiness of your car!
Automatic Transmission Flush Service
With our Snap-On™ Transmission flushing machine we can flush virtually 100% of your vehicles transmission fluid not 30% like a traditional transmission service! The fluid inside your transmission is designed not only to regulate the operating temperature of your transmission but also the fluid is actually what makes the transmission shift gears. Over time the transmission fluid breaks down and begins to aerate and is no longer able to perform it’s multiple functions optimally.
Recommended maintenance schedule: Every 10,000 miles or once a year.
Coolant Flush Service
Coolant is a heat transfer fluid which flows through your engine to prevent it from overheating, transferring the heat produced by the engine to the radiator in order to dissipate it. Coolant is the second most important fluid for the long term health of your engine after the engine oil. The lack of changing your coolant can lead to overheating the engine, the breakdown of the cooling system components and can result in catastrophic damage such as blown head gaskets. The Snap-On™ coolant flush machine pressurizes the cooling system to help dislodge and remove the buildup of contaminates in your cooling system.
Recommended maintenance schedule: Every 20,000 miles or every other year.
Fuel & Intake System Flush
The fuel system flush machine circulates Snap-On™ Fuel System Cleaning Solution throughout the entire fuel system. The opening and closing of a solenoid in the flush machine causes a pulsing and agitating action that helps to dislodge and purge dirt particle, silt and other contaminates in the fuel rail, fuel injectors, the combustion chambers as well as from the intake valves. Also as part of a Fuel System Service we manually clean the intake throttle body(s) to help prevent sticking of the throttle plate. Flushing your fuel system as recommended can give you 10% better fuel mileage.
Recommended maintenance schedule: Every 10,000 miles or once a year.
Power Steering Flush
Power steering fluid is probably the most neglected of any automotive fluid. Your power steering system pressures can reach upwards of 2500psi and the heat generated brakes down fluid, causing it to lose its lubricating ability. Power steering fluid flushing also removes any particles (metal, plastic, etc) which are known to cause failures within the power steering system. The Snap-On™ power steering flush machine removes a majority of the dirty power steering fluid and replaces it with clean fresh fluid thus extending the life of your power steering system.
Recommended maintenance schedule: Every time you have a transmission flush performed.
Brake Fluid Flush
Brake fluid is used to transfer force under pressure from the master cylinder reservoir through hydraulic lines to the braking calipers or wheel cylinders near the wheels. Braking applications produce a lot of heat so brake fluid must have a high boiling point to remain effective and must also not freeze under normal temperatures. As part of its chemical makeup, brake fluid is hygroscopic which means it attracts water. Since water is not compressible its causes brake fluid to function less efficiently. In order to keep your brake system performing at its best, we recommend that you replace the fluid often. The Snap-On™ brake fluid flush machine, forces clean brake fluid through the master cylinder and out of each of the bleeder screws located at the brake calipers/wheel cylinders, thus forcing all of the dirty and contaminated fluid out of the brake system.
Recommended maintenance schedule: Every 10,000 miles or once a year.
We keep many parts in stock, including belts and fluids for most popular vehicle application. We also feature many vehicle specific specialty tools, our philosophy is always to have the right tool for the right job. We also stock many specialty fluids for European cars such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen and Audi.