Archive | Vancouver AirCare Repairs

AirCare Repairs Make a Huge Difference

90% of our AirCare repairs produce these huge results. Some folks think that AirCare is a scam or at least a waste of time and I’m here to say that those thoughts could not be further from the truth. We fix several cars and trucks per month and from experience I can say that the  Read more »

Certified AirCare Repairs

Certified AirCare Repairs

Certified AirCare Repairs Pawlik Automotive is a licenced AirCare Repair Center, and we have year after year maintained a 100% (or near) pass rating on our AirCare repairs including in the most recent 12 months. We are Certified AirCare technicians which means that we have passed the required extra exams to get the certification. Not  Read more »

Why Catalytic Converters Fail

Catalytic converters fail for many reasons and the consequence of failure can cause several things to occur including a failed AirCare emission test, a check engine lamp warning, rattles under your car and poor engine performance. Let’s look at what your catalytic converter is, what it does and what causes it to fail. Catalytic converters  Read more »

AirCare Quality Repair Award Winner

AirCare Award certificate

I am pleased to announce that our shop has won an AirCare Quality Repair Award. Very few technicians receive these awards and I am honoured to have met the criteria. To win this award a technician must perform a set number of repairs per year and have a passing average of 95%. Our shop average  Read more »

Beware the Do it Yourselfer!

Car repair for dummies

Beware when buying a car maintained by a do it yourselfer! We recently diagnosed an interesting AirCare failure on a 1993 BMW 320i that inspired me to reflect on the work that some do it yourselfers do. The vehicle failed for very high carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions and while performing diagnosis and road testing  Read more »