Bird's Auto Clinic
17 Chittick Ave Po Box 424 Hantsport, NS B0P 1P0 902-684-0026

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A Clean Sweep (Fuel Injector Cleaning)

Your vehicle gets its power from burning fuel, usually gasoline, and it counts on something called fuel injectors to send gas to the engine in a spray that is easy to ignite.  It’s a precis...
Published on: Sep 24, 2022

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 ...
Published on: Jan 10, 2021

Bird's Auto Clinic Tech Question on Your Fuel Pump

Bird's Auto Clinic Tech Question:I was driving on a local expressway and my vehicle started sputtering and then the engine finally quit and I couldn’t get it started. I was towed to a shop in Ha...
Published on: Apr 05, 2020

Minimizing Blind Spots In Hantsport for Safer Driving

When we Hantsport drivers travel around NS, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible....
Published on: Nov 24, 2019

Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning at Bird's Auto Clinic in Hantsport

A lot of fuel is wasted by Hantsport drivers in dirty fuel delivery systems. Let’s start at the tank. The fuel tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years of driving around Hantsport....
Published on: Sep 01, 2019

Simple Answers from Bird's Auto Clinic for Hantsport: Fuel System Service

Question: What benefit will I get out of a fuel system cleaning?Bird's Auto Clinic Answer:Well, the dirtier your fuel system is, the bigger the improvement you’ll see in performance and fuel ec...
Published on: Jul 14, 2019

Fuel Saving Tip from Bird's Auto Clinic: Fuel Cap

This fuel saving tip for Hantsport drivers is so simple you won’t believe it. It has to do with your fuel cap. The first thing is to make sure it’s screwed on tight. If it’s loose, f...
Published on: Jul 22, 2018

Fuel System

I'd like to give our friends in Hantsport a quick overview of the fuel system. It starts with the fuel pump. The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine. Somewh...
Published on: Jul 08, 2018