Edmonton, Alberta · The Eskimo name since 1984
Quality auto repair in Edmonton, done right.
From brakes and tune-ups to full engine and transmission rebuilds — we diagnose it honestly, fix it with quality parts, and stand behind the work. And with direct access to genuine OEM parts through our sister company, we get the right part fast.
Since 1984
the Eskimo name in Edmonton
Family-owned
independent, not a franchise
4 ways
to fix your engine or transmission
OEM parts
direct through our sister company
Straight answers
We explain what failed, what it costs, and what you can safely skip.
Every way to fix it
New, remanufactured by ATK, or rebuilt in-house — with direct access to genuine OEM parts, priced side by side.
Built for Alberta
Cold starts, gravel-highway wear, block heaters — we fix what Edmonton breaks.
Straight dealing, in writing
Auto repair earns a bad rap when shops hide the ball. Here's exactly how we work — the same way we'd want to be treated.
A written estimate first
You get the price in writing before a wrench touches your vehicle. If we can't tell you the cause yet, we quote the diagnosis first.
No surprises on the bill
Alberta law says your final bill can't run more than 10% over the estimate (max $100) without your OK. We go further — if a job needs more than we quoted, we stop and call you first, every time.
We show you what failed
Before you approve a big repair, we show you the actual worn or broken part and explain, in plain language, what went wrong.
Your old parts back, on request
Ask and we'll hand you the parts we replaced. It's your right in Alberta, and we're glad to do it — nothing to hide.
Four ways to fix it, priced side by side
New, remanufactured through our ATK program, an in-house rebuild, or the right genuine OEM part sourced through our sister company — we lay out the real options and what we'd choose, instead of steering you at the priciest one.
We warranty all parts and labour
Every repair we do is backed by our written warranty — all parts and all labour. We stand behind our work.
What we fix
Full mechanical service for cars, trucks, and SUVs — by Red Seal certified mechanics in Edmonton.
Oil Change
An oil change is the cheapest insurance your engine will ever get — if it's the right oil. We pour the exact spec your manual calls for, look the vehicle over properly while it's up, and we believe in the oil we use enough to sell it: the same Liqui Moly range is in our online shop.
Brake Repair & Service
Brakes don't fix themselves, and Edmonton winters are hard on them. We inspect first, show you the measurements, and quote the work before a wrench touches your vehicle. If your brakes are fine, we'll tell you that too.
Engine Repair & Replacement
A bad engine doesn't automatically mean a new vehicle. We diagnose before we condemn — and then we can fix it every way there is: rebuild it in-house, install a remanufactured ATK engine, or fit a genuine OEM engine sourced through our sister company, Eskimo Auto & Truck Parts.
Transmission Repair & Replacement
Transmission trouble comes with the widest range of fixes in the trade — a solenoid and a rebuild look identical from the driver's seat. We find out which one you are looking at, then price every sensible option: a repair, an in-house rebuild, or a matched used genuine OEM unit through Eskimo Auto & Truck Parts.
Vehicle Diagnostics & Check Engine Light
A trouble code tells you what the computer noticed, not what is broken. We read the codes, look at live data, and test the actual circuit before anything gets replaced. Diagnostic time is $120 an hour, quoted before we start, because the most expensive repair is the one that didn't fix the problem.
Winter Tire Changeover
Every October the first real snowfall catches half the city on all-seasons, and every shop in Edmonton books out overnight. Beat the rush: we swap, balance, check your TPMS, torque to spec, and tell you honestly whether your winters have another season in them.
Car Battery Replacement
A battery that cranked fine in October can be dead in a parking lot in January — cold cuts its power right when the engine demands the most. We load test before we sell you anything, write the numbers on the invoice, and if your battery is healthy we'll tell you to keep driving it.
Oil Changes & Scheduled Maintenance
The cheapest repairs are the ones you never need. We do maintenance by the book — your owner's manual, not a laminated upsell menu — with the correct oil spec, every fluid tracked against your factory schedule, and a real inspection every visit.
Heavy equipment
Loaders, skid steers, backhoes, forklifts, telehandlers, pickers and bucket trucks — repaired in our bays or at your yard. $150 to $230 an hour, quoted before we start.
Mobile service covers loaders, skid steers, backhoes, telehandlers, manlifts, forklifts and other heavy equipment at your yard or job site. Anything bigger than a one-ton — above an F-350, Silverado 3500 or Ram 3500 — is heavy-duty work.
Every make, model, and year
Domestic or import, gas or diesel — if it's on the road, we work on it. From daily drivers to work fleets, we've had it on the hoist.
Makes we service
Fleet & commercial accounts
Keep your work vehicles earning — service trucks, bucket trucks, and mixed fleets get priority scheduling and simple, consolidated billing.
Vehicle won't start?
What to check first, when it's safe to boost, and when to tow it in — plus what we test the moment it arrives.
No-start guide →We sell the oil we run in our own bays
Genuine Liqui Moly oils, fluids and additives — authorized stockist pricing, free Edmonton pickup or shipping.
Shop Liqui Moly →Does your vehicle have a known problem?
Some failures aren't bad luck — they're built in. We document the problems we see over and over in the shop, what they cost to fix, and when a replacement makes more sense than a repair.
BMW N20 / N26 2.0L Turbo (2011-2017)
BMW N20 / N26 Timing Chain Failure: Symptoms, Costs, and What to Do About It
The 2.0L turbo four-cylinder in most 2012-2016 BMWs — the N20 and its N26 twin — has a well-documented timing chain problem. The plastic chain guides go brittle and break apart, and if the chain jumps or snaps, the engine is usually destroyed. Caught early, it is a manageable repair; caught late, you are shopping for an engine.
Ford 5.4L Triton 3-Valve V8 (2004-2014 F-150, Super Duty, Expedition, Navigator)
Ford 5.4L Triton Cam Phaser Failure: The Cold-Start Rattle Explained, and What Fixing It Really Costs
If your 2004-2010 Ford F-150, Expedition or Navigator with the 5.4L Triton clatters like a diesel for a few seconds on a cold morning, you are almost certainly hearing worn cam phasers — the single most common failure on the 3-valve version of this engine. Caught early, it can sometimes be managed cheaply. Ignored, it hammers away at the timing chains, guides and camshafts until the bill roughly doubles. This guide explains what actually fails, what the fix typically costs in Canada, and when a genuine OEM engine makes more sense than a timing job.
Ram 2500/3500 6.7L Cummins — 68RFE 6-Speed (2007.5–2024)
Dodge Ram 68RFE Transmission Problems: What Fails, What It Costs, and What to Do About It
The 68RFE six-speed automatic behind the 6.7L Cummins in 2007.5–2024 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups is the weakest link in an otherwise stout drivetrain. Valve body wear, solenoid pack failures, a marginal torque converter, and heat under towing are the classic failure paths, and they usually announce themselves before the transmission dies outright. This guide covers the symptoms stage by stage, the limp-mode codes, honest Canadian repair costs from a fluid service up to a built unit, and when a genuine OEM transmission makes more sense than a rebuild.
GM 5.3L V8 — Vortec 5300 & EcoTec3 (2007–present)
GM 5.3L V8 AFM/DFM Lifter Failure and Oil Consumption: The Straight Story
GM's 5.3L V8 is one of the most common truck engines on Alberta roads, and its cylinder-deactivation system (AFM, later DFM) is behind its two best-known problems: heavy oil consumption on 2007-2014 Gen IV engines and collapsed lifters on 2014-and-newer Gen V engines. Caught early, a lifter failure is a repairable job; ignored, it wipes the camshaft and turns into an engine replacement. This guide covers the symptoms, the real causes, honest Canadian repair costs, and when a genuine OEM engine is the right call.
Ford 3.5L EcoBoost V6 (2011-2020)
Ford 3.5L EcoBoost Timing Chain and Cam Phaser Problems: Symptoms, Affected Years, and Repair Costs in Canada
Ford's 3.5L EcoBoost V6 is a strong, proven engine with two well-known valvetrain weak spots, and they belong to two different generations. The first generation (2011-2016 F-150, plus early Expedition, Navigator and Transit) wears out its single long timing chain, especially when oil changes get stretched. The second generation (2017-2020 F-150, 2018-2020 Expedition and Navigator) fixed the chain but developed a cold-start cam phaser rattle that Ford addressed with service bulletins and an extended-coverage program that has since expired. This guide explains both problems in plain language, what they cost to fix in Canada, and when a genuine OEM engine makes more sense than a repair.
Ram / Dodge / Jeep 5.7L HEMI V8 (2009–2024)
The 5.7 HEMI Tick: Lifter and Camshaft Failure in Ram, Dodge and Jeep V8s
Not every ticking 5.7 HEMI is dying. Many are just leaking exhaust past broken manifold bolts — annoying, cheap-ish to fix, and harmless to the engine. But a tick that stays after warm-up can be a failing roller lifter grinding your camshaft flat, and that one turns into a four- or five-figure repair the longer you drive on it. Here is how to tell the two apart, what the fix honestly costs in Canada, and when a genuine OEM engine beats repairing the one you have.
Genuine OEM parts, direct
Eskimo Auto Repair is the sister company of Eskimo Auto & Truck Parts, one of Edmonton's largest parts operations — so we have direct access to a huge inventory of genuine OEM engines, transmissions, and parts.
For you, that means options no ordinary shop can offer: when an engine or transmission fails, we can supply a remanufactured ATK engine with warranty coverage, rebuild yours in-house, or source the right genuine OEM part — priced side by side so you pick what makes sense, and one shop handles both the part and the install.
Not in Edmonton? Our sister company ships genuine OEM parts across Canada and the USA.
- Direct access to genuine OEM engines & transmissions
- Engine & transmission rebuilds done in-house
- ATK remanufactured engines with warranty coverage
- One shop for the part and the installation
- Genuine OEM parts shipped across Canada & the USA
Real work, out of our own bays
We show the jobs — the failures we find, how we fix them, and the parts we use. Because that's how you know a shop actually does what it says.
2017 Ford F-550 · 6.7L Power Stroke V8 Turbo Diesel
Full 6.7 Power Stroke reman — 2017 Ford F-550
A complete in-house remanufacture of a 6.7L Power Stroke — machined block, oversize pistons, and a fresh rotating assembly, built for another few hundred thousand kilometres.
2016 BMW X3 xDrive28i · 2.0L N20 Turbo
BMW N20 rebuild + timing chain — 2016 X3 xDrive28i
The N20's weak point is its timing chain. We rebuilt this X3's 2.0T and did the chain the right way, with the cams locked to spec.
All parts & labour warrantied
Every repair is covered by our written warranty — parts and labour both.
We tell you what can wait
The quote separates what needs doing now from what can safely wait, so a long list becomes a plan you can spread out instead of one bill.
Fleet & commercial accounts
Keep your work vehicles on the road with priority service and simple, consolidated billing.
What Edmonton drivers say
5.0 ★ from 10 Google reviews · read them on Google
“Excellent Service. I had a hydroloc leak on my Johndeere excavator. They remove the ram and built it perfect with 24 hrs and got me going. Thanks Guys”
“Excellent experience. They repaired the lifters, camshaft and high volume oil pump on my Dodge Ram 1500 5.7L its running better than ever and price was fair Thanks boys”
“Did a great job replacing a broken window in a 20 year old vehicle. The parts store was able to pull the window and the repair shop installed it, great price and looks great.”
“I have them service my Honda Civic. They replaced my side view mirror, Front Brakes, Thermostat, spark plugs. Its runs and drives perfect and the most competitive quote. Thanks Guys.”
“Changed my water pump on my Buick. Price was better than anyone and the city and it worked perfect. Thanks boys and see you again soon”
“Excellent service repairing my sun roof glass on my Toyota 4Runner”
Quality parts, OEM and aftermarket
We fit genuine OEM parts and top-tier aftermarket brands — matched to the job, and the same ones we put in our own vehicles. No white-label mystery parts.
Oils & additives
Motor oils
Shocks & suspension
Spark plugs & ignition
Oils & additives
Remanufactured engines
Licensed & certified
AMVIC Licensed
Licence #B1000545 — licensed automotive business, bound by Alberta's Consumer Protection Act
Red Seal Technicians
Journeyman Automotive Service Technician certified mechanics
Serving Edmonton and area
Sherwood ParkSt. AlbertLeducSpruce GroveFort SaskatchewanBeaumontNiskuAchesonNisku · and beyond
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