Don't Be Fuelish
January 19, 2025
If you smell gasoline in your vehicle, pay attention to your nose. That's because it has an important message for you. Newer vehicles should never have a gasoline smell inside. One of the most dangerous conditions can come when your fuel line system has a leak or multiple leaks. Vehicles with fue... More
Don't be Fuelish (Signs Fuel Pump is Failing)
December 8, 2024
A driver of a large SUV loaded with equipment was heading on a 7-hour work trip when he stopped at a gas station to refuel. When he went to restart his SUV, it turned over but wouldn't catch. Try as he might, he was never able to get it started again. Of course there are many things that can c... More
Clean Machine (Fuel and Air Induction Cleaning)
September 22, 2024
As your vehicle ages, its performance isnt quite what it used to be, but many of us never notice the change because its gradual. So here are a few questions to ask yourself. Does your vehicle feel like it doesnt have the pep that it used to? Have you noticed your fuel economy isnt quite as good... More
Direct Fuel Injection Update from Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Glendale Heights
December 17, 2023
For those of you in Glendale Heights, Illinois who pay attention to these things, you may have been hearing about the new direct injection engines and want to learn more about them. Some deliver the power of a V8 with the economy of a V6.For example, in one family of engines the conventional V6 ... More
Fuel Filter Service in Glendale Heights, Illinois
December 3, 2023
There are a surprising number of small, inexpensive parts that can lead to expensive engine damage when they fail. It doesn't seem right.Fortunately a lot of those things can be taken care of in routine maintenance. They may not be easy to remember because it is a long list, but your service cent... More
Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Glendale Heights, Illinois
October 15, 2023
Let's talk about alternative fuel vehicles. In their quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels and harmful exhaust emissions in our Illinois environment, automakers will have a number of alternatives for Glendale Heights drivers very soon.For instance, Flex Fuel vehicles are already available in t... More
A Clean Sweep (Fuel Injector Cleaning)
July 23, 2023
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. Its a precise operation, and when its working well, you have plenty of power and an efficient engine. But after time, con... More
Fuel System Cleaning at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Glendale Heights
September 11, 2022
Is your vehicle sometimes hard to start early in the morning? When you turn the key, does it hesitate or stutter? If so, the problem could be the result of a dirty fuel system. Your vehicle's fuel system starts with the air filter and ends in the top of your engine. Over time, different parts of ... More
Fuel Injectors
August 24, 2022
The last new American vehicles sold in Glendale Heights with a carburetor rolled out of the Illinois dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Glendale Heights, and nationally, have had fuel injectors. In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your en... More
Fuel Injection: It Keeps Getting Better for Glendale Heights Drivers
August 20, 2022
Glendale Heights residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle engine where it is squirtedor injectedinto your engine's cylinders. This is the function of the fuel injectors.There are two ways to inject fuel into an engine. Fuel need... More