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German Auto Repair Blog

Does Type of Oil Matter?

There are so many brands and types of oil on the market. How do you choose the right kind? Regular oil is refined crude oil.  While it was great for lubricating engines for years, today’s vehicles put out more energy at higher temps with lighter materials.  DART has chosen to use Mobil 1 synthetic oil…

AC tips

The Denver area is at the edge of another hot summer.  We’ve been fortunate to have a fairly cool May and June so far, but as you know, the weather changes very quickly here.  (Forecast is for 90-degree temps on Friday) If you have been driving with your windows open so far this spring season,…

BMW Oil Filter Housing Gasket Leak Repair

Porsche 996 Turbo Fabspeed Exhaust

Fabspeed Porsche 996 turbo exhauast ready for install Factory Porsche 996 turbo exhuast New Fabspeed Porsche exhaust installed Original exhaust on the car DART auto is an authorized Fabspeed exhaust dealer.  Fabspeed makes quality exhuast and ECU enhancement products for Porsche, Audi and BMW.  We have used their products on several projects, they do nice…

BMW X5 rear spring pad replacement

Showing the new and damaged spring pads Worn out X5 spring pads This shows the spring rubbing on the control arm You can see the displaced old spring pad New spring pad installed in BMW X5 The spring pads on the BMW X5 vehicles eventually wear out.  These rubber pieces locate the spring and isolate…

Audi 1.8l TT Timing Belt Failure

Bent 1.8l valves Timing Gear Head back from the machine shop Almost ready to drive again This 03 Audi TT with 1.8l engine had a timing belt failure with 76k miles on the odometer.  We have seen this several times.  Although Audi recommends the timing belts be changed on these 1.8l engines anywhere between 80k…

Porsche Boxster Bilstein Strut Replacement

Installed strut old leaking strut strut being removed New strut being replaced The new strut ready for install Our factory trained technicians using a spring compressor to take the spring from the old strut and put it on the new one This Porsche Boxster had leaking front struts at just over 100,000 miles.  We removed…

DART auto Porsche Racing

DART auto has its roots in Porsche racing.  Owner Dave Banazek left his work in commercial real estate to pursue his passion for cars and racing Porsches in particular.  While the business has evolved and we do a lot more work on cars that are used for day day commuter use, we still like to…

BMW X3 Common Maintenance Items

Resealed BMW X3 transmission pan Shuft Shaft Seal BMW X3 valve cover replacment replacing BMW x3 output shaft seal Filling transmission fluid with special tool This BMW X3 customer came in with several fluid leaks.  Our factory trained BMW technician gave her vehicle our free preventive maintenance and safety check.  We found and repaired several…

1977 Corvette Engine 350 Chevy Engine Replacement

We normally stick to German cars, but sometimes we get sidetracked.  Most of our techs have other automotive experience and interests outside of German cars and we can get talked into working on other cars too.  In this case my neighbor had a 77 corvette with a bad engine.  He had picked up a rebuilt…

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