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

Diesel Maintenance for Illinois

July 23, 2022

At Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin we hear from a lot of people who are excited about the new diesel engines that will soon be available in passenger cars and SUV's. But our Illinois friends are often curious about the preventive maintenance requirements. People may not know that diesel engines ... More

Engine Air Filter from Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin

July 16, 2022

Many Elgin drivers have found themselves in the following situation: They go to get their oil changed and their friendly service advisor at Tuffy Auto Service Center Elgin recommends a new engine air filter. They say yes, but don't know what an air filter is or what it does.If this has happened ... More