Routine Car Maintenance
for Drivers in Watervliet, Latham, Colonie, NY & the Surrounding Areas

At Whalen Automotive, we understand that life has a way of making scheduled auto maintenance seem like the least of your priorities. But when you put off your vehicle’s tune-up service for too long, it could lead to problems that you don’t want to deal with. Your car may not start when you need it to. Your check engine light may come on. Your vehicle may get poor gas mileage. It may make you late for work or late to pick up the kids from school. In some cases, your car may stall in traffic as you’re turning into a busy intersection, posing a serious safety risk. Prevent these inconvenient and potentially dangerous situations by getting a tune-up at Whalen Automotive!

Regardless of the make and model of your vehicle, standard tune-up service includes a painstaking inspection to make sure that everything is in working order. If something is amiss, we’ll let you know and get your okay before we begin work.

At Whalen Automotive in Watervliet, our vehicle tune-up service includes preventive maintenance, necessary adjustments, and a performance analysis. If your vehicle is misbehaving in any way—starting harder than it should, stalling, misfiring, guzzling gas, losing power, or any other anomaly— just let us know. We’ll determine the cause and give you a reliable quote to fix it.

Complete Tune-Up Services

• Replacing the air filter
• Switching out the gas filters
• Putting in new spark plugs and replacing any type of worn ignition system cables
• Checking the distributor cap and putting in a new one if one is required
• Inspecting the blades and installing a brand-new blade if the old one has fractured, burned, or has carbon build-up
• Checking the valve-cover gasket and adjusting the valves
• Inspection and topping off all fluids
• Switching out crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve if plugged

Normal tune-ups allow us to identify and replace worn-out parts, helping to protect against future engine complications. Keeping a regular tune-up timetable will help your vehicle last much longer, sustain higher gasoline mileage, and boost efficiency.