Think your engine is perfectly safe because that dashboard needle is sitting nicely in the middle? Think again. Over 15 years of building Engine Guard alarms, we’ve proven that factory gauges hide the truth until it’s too late. Here are the 3 massive flaws in your factory setup: Don’t risk a $15,000 cooked engine on …
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We love flash new gear for our rigs. And on paper, a beautiful, TIG-welded all-alloy aftermarket radiator looks like the ultimate cooling system upgrade. Some of them make massive claims about “increased efficiency” and “heavy-duty cooling.” But at Engine Guard, we have our doubts. Recently, two separate customers called us after installing expensive, fancy …
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In fleet management, the math is simple but brutal: more vehicles equals more risk. When you multiply “X” number of engines by “X” number of drivers, you eventually face the “X” factor: a massive repair bill that halts productivity. Smart managers know that prevention is better than the cure. But while maintenance and training help, …
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The answer is usually: Yes, and No! After 15 years of answering the phones at Engine Guard, we’ve noticed a consistent pattern. People often get the cause of engine damage backwards. It isn’t the blown radiator hose or the split plastic tank that caused the “cooked” engine—it was a faulty viscous fan coupling that caused …
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MADE IN AUSTRALIA means different things to different people. I thought that I knew the legal definition but when I looked it up, I found out that I was incorrect. It seems that in 2017 the definition was amended. I thought that at least 50% of the value had to be added here. If you …
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Last week I had a customer arrive to collect an Engine Guard for his’ Triton. He couldn’t believe WE MAKE THEM HERE. In Mission Beach in Far North Queensland (of all places). We get asked this all the time. He thought they MUST be made in China because, well, everything is. I guess it’s unusual …
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Overheating happens! Cooling systems really matter on internal combustion engines. They burn fuel to extract energy to turn the wheels. Waste goes out the exhaust as gas (and heat) and plenty gets dissipated as heat energy via the cooling system. But stuff goes wrong, and engines overheat. If it hasn’t happened to you or someone …
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In our’ marketing pitch, we often say Engine Guards are cheap insurance for engines. And they are. But they protect your engine by warning you before damage occurs. We think that’s a smart approach. It’s going to save you a heap of money, but also big hassles that nobody wants. The stress of waiting for …
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I just want to start by saying that if you are sitting on the couch reading this and grinning cos it’s never gunna’ happen to you…………read on. Sadly, most customers who cook an engine, then buy an Engine Guard, thought it would never happen to them as well. It does happen. It happens more than …
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