Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Steering You Right (Tie Rod End Replacement)

For drivers, S stands for safety. And there are three other words that start with S that are all equally important: starting, stopping and steering. For your vehicle to be at its safest, all three...

September 17, 2023

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Monitoring System

Don't Stack the Mat

In the sloppy cold weather months, you might be tempted to pick up an all-weather mat and throw i...

Sep 10, 2023 Read

PCV Valve

TCB your PCV (PCV Valve Replacement)

Your gasoline engine goes through some exhausting work. Yes, it's truly exhausting, as in: it pr...

Sep 03, 2023 Read

Timing Belt

Shifty Letters PRNDL (Transmission)

You probably figured out those shifty letters. They're what you see on your automatic transmissi...

Aug 27, 2023 Read

Fluids

Using Proper Fluids in Your vehicle

Today, Tuffy Joliet (South Plainfield) is writing about the proper fluids for your vehicle. It's ...

Aug 20, 2023 Read

Fluids

A Clean Start (Battery Cleaning)

You may be fanatical about keeping the outside of your vehicle clean. But what about what's unde...

Aug 13, 2023 Read

Older Vehicles

Them's the Brakes (Brake Rotor Resurfacing)

Your vehicle's brakes wear out. It's inevitable. You'll notice it when you step on the brake ped...

Aug 06, 2023 Read

Service Intervals

Oh, Stop! (Disc Brake Service)

Every time you drive your vehicle, you wear down your brakes just a little bit. And after a whil...

Jul 30, 2023 Read

Maintenance

Looking Down the Road - Headlamps

If you've ever been driving around Joliet and had a headlamp go out, you've probably just wanted ...

Jul 23, 2023 Read

Older Vehicles

The Need for Speed (Wheel Speed Sensor Maintenance)

Today's vehicles have some pretty amazing technology in them, including a computerized braking sy...

Jul 16, 2023 Read