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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 27 2026
You start your engine one morning and hear a ticking sound coming from under the hood. Maybe it disappears after a few minutes. Maybe you've been...
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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 21 2026
Meteorologists are expecting a potentially historic El Niño system could make this coming winter particularly bad across parts of the United States....
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Erik Bjornstad: Oct 13 2026
The oil additive shelf at a parts store can run six feet wide, and nearly every bottle on it promises less friction, a quieter engine, or more years...
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A truck in your fleet clatters at idle, produces white smoke during cold starts, and cranks longer than it should on cold mornings—yet the injectors...
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Erik Bjornstad: Jun 23 2026
Walk into any truck stop or scroll any diesel forum and you'll hit a wall of bottles promising more power, cleaner injectors, and better mileage....
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Erik Bjornstad: Jun 18 2026
You bought a bottle of fuel treatment, poured it in, drove a tank through, and… you’re not sure anything happened. Maybe your mileage even dropped a...
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Erik Bjornstad: Jun 9 2026
Your boat ran fine when you put it away last fall. Now it’s spring, the engine cranks but struggles to start — or it starts, runs rough, and dies.
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Erik Bjornstad: Jun 2 2026
The power goes out at 3 a.m. The air conditioner shuts off, the house starts warming up, and you’re counting on the generator you bought for exactly...
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Erik Bjornstad: Apr 9 2026
You've been putting the same grade of gas in your car for years, doing everything the manual says, and something still feels off. The engine doesn't...
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Erik Bjornstad: Jan 23 2026
Here are a couple of scenarios we've come across. Someone calls us at the Bell office and starts to describe a situation where they had a diesel...
