Fuel Saving Tip: Plainfield Tune Up

January 1, 2024

Have you ever gone to listen to an orchestra? The musicians take the stage early and tune their instruments. Each individual instrument must be in tune, but the critical thing is for the entire orchestra to be in tune with each other. That's why they tune up together.Now this is no surprise; I'm ... More

Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Plainfield

July 23, 2023

With high fuel prices in Plainfield, 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 ... More

A Door No One Can Step Through (Fuel Door Repair and Maintenance)

September 25, 2022

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 Saving Tip: Dirty Oil in Your Plainfield Vehicle

September 18, 2022

If you're a quart low in your vehicle, there isn't enough motor oil to lubricate your engine properly. The extra friction causes drag that reduces fuel economy while you're driving around the Plainfield area.The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn't reduce friction properly. The result is you get t... More

Fuel Injectors

August 24, 2022

The last new American vehicles sold in Plainfield with a carburetor rolled out of the Illinois dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Plainfield, and nationally, have had fuel injectors. In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your engine. Your e... More

Fuel Saving Tip: Car Weight and Your Illinois Driving

August 5, 2022

Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from Plainfield knows this makes sense.Some of us in the Plainfield 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 compartm... More

Fuel Injector Cleaning at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Plainfield

August 4, 2022

In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your vehicle engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every single fuel-i... More

Fuel Saving Tip: Slow Down Around Plainfield

August 1, 2022

There's not much we can do about the price of gas in Plainfield, Illinois, but we do quite a bit about how much we use as we're driving on our Plainfield streets.Our driving habits can dramatically affect our fuel economy.The first thing we can do is watch the 'go-pedal.' Hard acceleration just s... More

How Do You Save Gas in Plainfield, Illinois?

July 27, 2022

No one in Plainfield, Illinois, likes to spend a chunk of change at the gas pump. Rising Illinois fuel prices, however, have spurred Plainfield drivers to focus on how to improve their fuel economy. North Americans literally drive billions of miles/kilometers less each month during times of high ... More

Fuel Injection Basics for Plainfield

July 7, 2022

All modern Plainfield vehicles come with fuel injection systems, so it's a topic Plainfield drivers need to know something about. The mighty fuel injector is a valve that delivers the gas or diesel fuel to the right place, in the right amount at the right timeto be mixed with air and burned in th... More