Long Beach Auto Maintenance Tips Regular preventative maintenance is the most important habit you can have as as car owner to keep your car in good shape and save money on big future repairs. But preventative maintenance is a broad category. What exactly are some of the universal things within this category that you [...]

Auto Ethics – You hear them all the time – horror stories of shady mechanics who do shoddy work, overcharge customers, upsell unneeded services or repairs, or even sometimes rig customers’ cars to break more, guaranteeing them more expensive repairs in the near future. Stories like these might make you not want to ever employ [...]

  Here’s some fun car facts you may not have known about the automobiles we all know and love and rely on for transportation: The first car tires were like bike tires. In the early days of automotive development, tires had to be replaced much more frequently than they do today. Advanced development in materials [...]

Looking for Paramount Auto Repair? Orozco’s Auto Service is conveniently located near Paramount, CA and offers Free Shuttle Service to your home or work within the Paramount area. Orozco’s Auto Service is a family run business that has more than 25 years of experience providing professional and and affordable auto repairs in Los Angeles and Orange [...]

  It’s a common question for many motorists: how can I find trustworthy auto repair near me? Just a few short years ago, the most common way for people to find new businesses to spend their hard-earned money at was the yellow. But today, it’s easy to find the right match for you with just [...]

  When you drive your car, there are two gauges that, no matter what, everybody pays attention to – your speedometer, and your gas gauge. Nobody wants to get a speeding ticket or run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. But what happens if your gas gauge isn’t reading your fuel level accurately? [...]

    Long Beach Tune Ups Tune Ups – You may have heard of getting your car a tune-up, but what exactly does that mean? Why is it necessary? Is it really in fact necessary to keep your car running well? Tune ups intervals vary from one vehicle to another. Most older vehicles with non [...]

  Long Beach Head Gasket Repair Today, we’re gonna go over two of the most dreaded words in anybody’s automotive vocabulary – head gaskets. You may not know what exactly a head gasket is or what it does, but you most likely know that it is a very expensive repair. Well this week, we’re gonna [...]

  Long Beach Driveline Repair This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re gonna talk about your car’s driveline repair. Whether your vehicle is front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, or all wheel drive, all automobiles have a drivetrain which is responsible for delivering power from the engine to the drive wheels. A vehicle’s driveline turns [...]

  Long Beach Auto Air Conditioning Repair Here at Orozco’s Auto Service in Long Beach, we’ve talked about several essential vehicle maintenance items so far. It may be obvious that most of these crucial parts, if neglected to the point of a serious malfunction, can result in you losing control of your car or your car [...]

Long Beach car battery replacement, testing and service It all starts with a few seemingly minor problems. A warning light may flash on your dashboard, your headlights may seem dimmer, or your gauges may flicker. Maybe you notice an odd smell or even a growling noise from your engine. It may sound like your car [...]

  Long Beach Shocks and Struts Shocks and Struts – This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re gonna go over something that most people don’t even think about when they consider vehicle maintenance. You may know that they are a key part of your car’s suspension system, but do you know what they do and [...]

  Long Beach Wheel Alignment When your vehicle needs an alignment, contact Orozco’s Auto Service. Wheel alignment is one thing that you absolutely cannot cheat on. To do an alignment properly, expensive tools are required, and an improper alignment can lead to more wear on the vehicle, more unpredictable driving dynamics, and more trouble in [...]

  Long Beach Mass Airflow Sensor Repair This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re gonna go over something which can cause a wide variety of symptoms, from the mildly annoying to the critical. Your car’s Mass Airflow sensor, or MAF sensor, can cause several problems with how your engine runs, including but not limited to [...]

  Long Beach automotive vehicle’s coolant This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re keeping your car cool by teaching you about your vehicle’s coolant. What is coolant? Coolant, also known as antifreeze, is the fluid that is responsible for absorbing heat from the engine and dissipating it through the radiator. It is made from a [...]

  Engine Air Filters – Long Beach, CA Any internal combustion engine needs air to operate. Without oxygen, gasoline and diesel fuels will not ignite and create the explosion necessary to power the engine. However, not just any air will work. The air must be clean before getting sucked into the engine’s intake and combustion [...]

  Long Beach Car’s Exhaust Orozco’s Auto Blog is back this week with not so much a single part, but a general idea. This week, we’re going to tell you what the color of your car’s exhaust means. If you see a noticeable change in your car’s exhaust, you should be concerned. Even if you [...]

  Long Beach Oxygen Sensor Repair This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re gonna tell you about one of the most common car repairs: the ubiquitous oxygen sensor. Your car’s oxygen sensor, or lambda sensor, is an electronic device which measures and reports the proportion of oxygen in your car’s exhaust. Every new car, and [...]

Long Beach Tune Up Tune up with spark plugs. This week on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’re gonna talk about another tiny part which can cause you big problems: your engine’s spark plugs. Spark plugs are usually only a few centimeters long and perhaps as wide as your finger, but just one malfunctioning or failing can [...]

  Long Beach Car Starter Repair Okay, so far on Orozco’s Auto Blog, we’ve covered tires, brakes, timing chains, and more, but this week we’re gonna talk about a very small, simple part of your engine that, nevertheless, can keep your car off the road and cause you a whole lot of inconvenience. Another part [...]

  Long Beach Oil Change Oil Change? So last time on Orozco’s Automotive Blog we covered your engine’s timing belt, which is undeniably one of the most important Components in keeping your engine running smoothly – but this week, we’re gonna talk about something more basic, something that everyone is familiar with, or at least [...]

  On Orozco’s Automotive Blog, we’ve already covered brakes and tires, both of which are important for avoiding accidents and keeping your car in control and safe. But what about keeping your engine running and preventing potential expensive damage? This week, we’re gonna cover timing belts – the single most important maintenance item in an [...]

  Today we’re gonna talk about another one of a car’s most important Components: its brakes. At Orozco’s Auto Service in Long Beach, we offer all kinds of brake services, including rotor and pad replacement and replacing brake fluid. The common adage, “a car that cannot start is an inconvenience, but a car that cannot stop [...]

  New Tires (Long Beach, CA) New Tires on Modern automobiles are more complex than ever. Their thousands of parts can be overwhelming to just think about, much less work on. Here at Orozco’s Auto Service in Long Beach, our highly trained team of certified mechanics is here to make maintaining your car a stress-free [...]

  Orozco’s Auto Service Tech Question: Fuel Pump Repair I was driving on a local LONG BEACH expressway and my sedan started sputtering and then the engine finally quit and I couldn’t get it started. I was towed to a shop in LONG BEACH and found out I had to replace my fuel pump. What [...]

  Hey Lakewood, are your tires worn out? What is the standard for our California streets? How can you tell on your sedan? While there may be legal requirements for the Lakewood area, there are safety concerns that go beyond meeting minimum replacement mandates. 2/32 is the depth of the tire tread wear indicator bars [...]

  Orozco’s Auto Blog The business goal of this blog is to earn a prominent spot in your mind. >From that, to earn the occasional opportunity to receive your help with community-focused efforts I support. The secondary business goal is to earn the right to provide automotive repair for you or your organization when you [...]