Your Biggest Fan (Radiator Fan Problems)
May 31, 2020
Your vehicle's engine makes a lot of heat when it's powering you down the road, so it needs a way to get rid of that energy. That's why your vehicle has a cooling system, complete with a radiator and one or two radiator fans, also called cooling fans. Those fans make sure air keeps moving acros... More
How to Know When to Change Your Oil at Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield)
May 24, 2020
Today in the Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield) auto care blog, we're going to talk to Joliet drivers about oil change intervals. It seems that as engine technology advances, oil change intervals become longer for Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield) customers. For example, recently four of the world's ... More
Follow the Bouncing Vehicle (Bad Struts and Shocks)
May 17, 2020
If you hit a bump in the road and your vehicle just keeps bouncing up and down for a lot longer time than it used to, you may have bad struts and shocks. They're the things that help to keep your vehicle's wheels and tires planted to the road surface. But they don't last forever. With care and ... More
Joliet Customer Detective Work
May 10, 2020
One might say the most challenging part of being an automotive service technician at Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield) is diagnosing a problem before it can be fixed.Cars are made up of a bunch of complex systems. There usually could be a number of reasons for any given symptom. So, it's challengin... More
Time for Differential Service at Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield)?
May 3, 2020
Hello Joliet - let's talk differentials. If you have a rear-wheel drive vehicle, your differential is on the back axle. With front-wheel drive cars, the differential is up front. All-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive vehicles have three differentials - front, rear and in the middle. So you see, you'... More