Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Ready, Set, COLD! (Getting Vehicle Ready for Winter)

When the temperatures plunge, your vehicle better be ready because it faces a whole new set of challenges. Rubber stiffens, glass fogs, fluids freeze. Just thinking about it can get your heart be...

March 10, 2024

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Fuel System

A Clean Sweep (Fuel Injector Cleaning)

Your vehicle gets its power from burning fuel, usually gasoline, and it counts on something calle...

Mar 03, 2024 Read

Older Vehicles

Time for a Brake (Brake Pad Replacement)

Stop! It's one of those things your vehicle has to do consistently and reliably. That's why brak...

Feb 25, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

Don't Blow a Gasket! (Valve Cover Gasket Replacement)

When you head out to your vehicle after it's been parked and notice oil leaking underneath it, th...

Feb 18, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

Muffler: Victim of Winter (Muffler Repair)

So you almost got through the winter until, one day, your muffler started sounding like a dragste...

Feb 11, 2024 Read

Drive Train

The Best Test

Would you buy a jacket without even trying it on? Probably not, but it might surprise you that on...

Feb 04, 2024 Read

Timing Belt

Smooth Shifting in Joliet, Illinois: Transmission Service

So you have some exciting plans for the weekend. You're going to take some of your friends out on...

Jan 28, 2024 Read

Customer Detective Work

QUIET TIME (Listening for Vehicle Problems)

Everybody's got friends like this. You know, the kind who, the minute they get in their vehicle ...

Jan 21, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

Beware of Potholes! (Avoiding Pothole Damage)

You may live in a region where roads become pockmarked with craters known better as potholes. Th...

Jan 14, 2024 Read

Fuel System

The Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield) Guide to Saving Fuel: Get Rid of Dirty Oil

A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? Jolie...

Jan 07, 2024 Read