Alpine Automotive Repair
5495 West Mississippi Ave, Lakewood, CO 80226 303.922.3521

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Forced Induction

{{ image('MzU0') }} Most Lakewood residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Lakewood from the factor...
Published on: Mar 18, 2023

Alpine Automotive Repair Tech Question On Your Fuel Pump

{{ image('MzM1') }} Alpine Automotive Repair Tech Question:I was driving on a local Lakewood road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it started. I ...
Published on: Feb 06, 2023

Better Service, Better Fuel Economy in Lakewood

Maintaining your car or truck will make it more efficient.  It works the way it was designed to and that means it uses less fuel:  And you save money. To help organize our discussion, let&r...
Published on: Aug 31, 2022

Time To Take Another Look at Diesels

{{ image('MzU1') }} If you haven't looked into diesel engines lately, you may be interested in today's post. Why should you care about modern diesel engines? Fuel efficiency, for starters. Because di...
Published on: Mar 07, 2022

Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning at Alpine Automotive Repair in Lakewood

A lot of gas is wasted in dirty fuel delivery systems.  Let’s start at the tank.  The gas tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years.  That’s why there’s a...
Published on: Aug 16, 2021

Your Nose Knows Gasoline

Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
Published on: Jul 12, 2021

Forced Induction

{{ image('MzU0') }} Most Lakewood residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Lakewood from the factory wit...
Published on: Mar 15, 2021

Fuel System

I’d like to give you a quick overview of the fuel system.  It starts with the fuel tank.  The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine.  Somewhere alo...
Published on: Sep 05, 2020