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Automotive Tips from Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Plainfield: Causes of Wheel MisalignmentWhen properly aligned, all of your wheels are pointed in the same direction. Your vehicle will track true and handle the way it is designed. Plainfield drivers often associate our wheels being “knocked” out of alignment with an event like a major crash, hitting a pothole, curb or some other objec... Read More Posted in Automotive News on November 11, 2018 Plainfield Drivers: Is It Time to Replace Your PCV Valve?The crankcase is the lower part of the engine where the crankshaft is housed and where the engine oil lives. The crankshaft is connected to the pistons that power the engine. When you are diving around Plainfield, fuel is burned in your vehicle engine, it pushes the pistons down and th... Read More Posted in Parts on November 04, 2018 Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Plainfield Engine Air Filter ReplacementWhen your experienced Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Plainfield technician changes your oil, he will also inspect your air filter. You shouldn't need a new air filter at every oil change, but you will need to change it regularly. Heed your technician's auto advice if they tell you to cha... Read More Posted in Engine Air Filter on October 28, 2018 Steer Right in PlainfieldVirtually all vehicles come with power steering, so many Plainfield drivers have never driven a car or truck without it. Power steering assists you when you turn your vehicle steering wheel. Without it, it would be very hard to steer. Now this power assist comes in a couple of forms. In recent y... Read More Posted in Steering on October 21, 2018 Hold the Oil! (Oil Pan Gasket Replacement)You've likely heard how important oil is to your vehicle's engine. Did you know that there's one part that's responsible for holding that oil so you can use it every day? It's called the oil pan, and it sits at the bottom of the engine. The oil pan is a vital, though simple, part of your engine's... Read More Posted in Maintenance on October 15, 2018 When You Hear the Crash in Plainfield: What to Do After an AccidentMotorists in North America drive about 3 trillion miles/4.8 trillion kilometers every year. There are over 250+ million licensed drivers, and approximately 6.2 million accidents happen every year. Unfortunately, if we're going to drive vehicles, there are going to be accidents. Knowing what to do... Read More Posted in Monitoring System on October 07, 2018 Combustion Choreography: Timing Belt Replacement at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Plainfield in PlainfieldHave you ever seen a ballet performance? Have you wondered how all of those dancers manage to travel all over the stage jumping and twirling and never crash into each other? That's the job of a choreographer.Our auto engines are also highly choreographed. Pistons travel up and down inside cylinde... Read More Posted in Timing Belt on September 30, 2018 Tire Tread Depth for Plainfield, Illinois DriversDriving on bald tires is like playing roulette. Though you may be fine today, eventually your luck is going to run out.The Feds don't have any laws for tread depth, but 42 of the states, and all of Canada, do have regulations. They consider 2/32 of an inch to be the minimum legal tread ... Read More Posted in Tires and Wheels on September 24, 2018 Fuel Saving Tip: Alignment for Your Plainfield VehicleImagine you've left Plainfield and you're up in the arctic on a dog sled.Your dog team is pulling straight and true. You can cover a lot of ground quickly. Now imagine what would happen if one or two of the dogs wanted to go their own way and were pulling off to the side.That would slow ... Read More Posted in Automotive News on September 17, 2018 Fuel for ThoughtIf you're like most people and drive a gasoline-powered vehicle, you need to be up to speed on its fuel-related components. They're pretty basic: the fuel, the fuel filter and the fuel pump. The fuel's the easy part. You probably gas up your vehicle yourself and, if you're like most drivers, pr... Read More Posted in Fuel Economy on September 09, 2018 |
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