Professional Fuel System Cleaning

July 19, 2020

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 Injection: It Keeps Getting Better for St. Johns Drivers

February 9, 2020

St. Johns residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle 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 ... More

Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning Near St. Johns , Florida

November 10, 2019

A lot of fuel is wasted in the St. Johns area by dirty fuel delivery systems in vehicles.Let's start at the tank. The gas tank gathers dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That's why there's a fuel filter to clean the fuel after it leaves the tank. A dirty filter will rob the engine of the cl... More

Fuel Saving Tip: St. Johns Tune Up

June 23, 2019

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 Injector Cleaning at Tuffy St. Johns

March 24, 2019

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

Clean Fuel Equals Clean Performance for St. Johns Drivers

February 10, 2019

Hello, St. Johns residents. Let's talk fuel filters. Fuel filters clean the dirt, dust and debris out of your fuel. Both gasoline and diesel-powered engines have them. The fuel filter is located in the fuel line between the fuel tank and the engine.St. Johns auto owners don't need to filter the... More

Tuffy St. Johns Fuel Saving Tip for St. Johns : Check Engine Light

November 18, 2018

Here's a question for St. Johns , Florida : How long have you been enjoying the romantic glow of your Check Engine light? Hey, it's not there to create ambiance; it's a warning that something's wrong. (And, by the way, Homer Simpson's fix of covering it with tape is not a good idea.) Many condit... More

How Do You Save Gas in St. Johns , Florida?

October 29, 2018

No one in St. Johns , Florida, likes to spend a chunk of change at the gas pump. Rising Florida fuel prices, however, have spurred St. Johns 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 fu... More

Fuel Saving Tip: Car Weight and Your Florida Driving

October 7, 2018

Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from St. Johns knows this makes sense.Some of us in the St. Johns 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

How to Get Better Gas Mileage in St. Johns

May 22, 2018

There is no escaping it: things work better when you take care of them. Something most of us in St. Johns can relate to is our computers. You've probably noticed how they get slower and slower over time. It takes longer to start up and programs take forever to load. Eventually, many of us just ... More