Don't Be Fuelish
August 25, 2024
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
A Door No One Can Step Through (Fuel Door Repair and Maintenance)
June 9, 2024
Your vehicle has lots of doors including that one usually near the back on the vehicle's side. That's the fuel door, something you use every time you gas up. These endure hundreds of open-and-close cycles, usually without any problems. But when they act up, it can be a major inconvenience for ... More
Fuel Injection Keeps Getting Better for Elgin Motorists
March 10, 2024
Elgin residents know that engines burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your 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 needs air to burn, so in the fir... More
Deep Clean Your Fuel System at Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin
April 16, 2023
Having trouble with your fuel system? Bring your vehicle into Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin for a check up.In today's Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin auto post, we're talking about fuel system cleaning. The first thing to know is how important it is to have a clean fuel system. Elgin residents ... More
Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Elgin
December 11, 2022
With high fuel prices in Elgin, Illinois, comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on is great. When you get one of those e-mails that's going around telling you how to save gas, try to think it through.Does it really make sense? Does it defy the laws of physics?Do some ... More
Fuel Injectors
August 28, 2022
The last new American vehicles sold in Elgin with a carburetor rolled out of the Illinois dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Elgin, and nationally, have had fuel injectors. In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your engine. Your engine cont... More
Fuel Saving Tip: Car Weight and Your Illinois Driving
August 24, 2022
Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from Elgin knows this makes sense.Some of us in the Elgin area carry a bunch of unnecessary weight, and I'm not talkin' what you see in the mirror.Guys: sports equipment and tools. Ladies: well, just take a look around the passenger compartment and tr... More
Higher Mileage Service Intervals for Elgin
August 12, 2022
Elgin drivers have probably noticed that the government mandates a lot of equipment on cars: emission devices and control computers, safety equipment like airbags and crash worthiness requirements. All of this is great for the motoring public in the Elgin area, but it does add quite a bit to the ... More
Professional Fuel System Cleaning
August 9, 2022
Getting adequate fuel to your engine is very important for performance, fuel economy and safety. In order to accomplish this, your fuel system needs to be clean.Today's production cars have fuel injectors, rather than a carburetor. The injectors need to be cleaned from time to time in order to de... More
Fuel System Cleaning at Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin
July 30, 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