Carthage Auto Repair

Why Does My Diesel Engine Make A Popping Noise. There are several different things that can cause this to happen. Another question we get is Why Does My Diesel Engine Blow White Smoke. There are times that a diesel engine can exhibit both symptoms at the same time. First, we’ll look at what causes a popping sound in the engine. Depending on the issue in the engine you may only hear this at idle and it goes away when you rev it up or it may get louder when the engine RPM goes up. This sound can be caused by a Leaking Intake Valve, Broken Rocker Arm, or Bent Push rod. If you hear this noise in your engine it’s best to stop driving your truck and get it towed to minimize the damage to your engine. On the other hand, if your truck is blowing bluish white smoke out the exhaust it may be possible that the exhaust valve may be sticking open or the exhaust valve is burnt and creating a compression loss in cylinder. When this happens, it can’t burn the fuel in the cylinder, an ... read more

      Why Does My Truck Keep Having Emission Problems. These issues can be frustrating to deal with whether this is your personal diesel pickup or it’s your Heavy Haul Truck that you use to haul freight. We realize that anytime the wheels aren’t turning on your vehicle your loosing money. We have the factory software to hook to most of Class 8 trucks and medium duty vehicles. We also invest in training so that we understand these emission systems and how they work so that we can fix them right the first time and get you back on the road. We will look at some of the most common problems we see. You may be driving your vehicle and dash lights up with SCR Fault Engine Derate in 4 hours. If you get this message on the dash and you ignore it and keep driving your truck it will go into Derate and you will notice a loss of power if you keep driving, you will end up at 5 mph and getting a tow to get your truck fixed. The best thing you can do when this happens i ... read more

Why Does My Drive Shaft Vibrate? There may be several reasons why this could happen. Lose Ujoints in the driveline will cause a vibration to felt inside the vehicle while driving down the road. Sometimes the Vibration will be worse when you step into the throttle and increase the load on the Drive Shaft. Then let out of the throttle and let the vehicle coast if the vibration goes away or you can hardly feel it its very likely that the Ujoints in your Drive Shaft need to be replaced. Another cause of vibration may be from a Bent or Twisted Drive Shaft. If you are wondering, Where Can I Get A New Drive Shaft give us a call we will be able to build you a brand-new Drive Shaft and balance it. We have Drive Shaft Tubing, Ujoints, and Yokes in stock so we can get you back on the road quickly. We can build new Drive Shafts for Automotive to Heavy Truck and Equipment. If your vehicle is having vibration issues and you suspect your Drive Shaft is the culprit give us a call and we can get it fix ... read more

We are pleased to announce that we will be starting to BUILD AND BALANCE DRIVE SHAFTS for Heavy Duty Truck, Heavy Equipment and Automotive vehicles. We’ve invested in the machines that it takes to build and balance drivelines. We are planning to be ready to start building and balancing drive shafts the beginning of February 2023. If you are wondering, Where Can I Get A Drive Shaft Balanced or Where Can I Get A Drive Shaft Made give us a call. We will be able to handle all your Drive Shaft Building and Balancing

Merry Christmas from the Widrick Truck & Diesel Service Team. We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your business this past year. We appreciate that you trust us to fix your vehicles and keep you on the road. We have some exciting changes coming in 2023 stay tuned and we will keep you updated