Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Professional Fuel System Cleaning

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 in...

July 19, 2020

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Windshield Wipers

No Fueling! (Fuel Filler Location)

If you've ever gotten in an unfamiliar vehicle, maybe a rental car, you may have pulled up to the...

Jul 12, 2020 Read

Windshield Wipers

DOG FOOD IN YOUR ENGINE (Keeping Rodents out of your Engine)

A technician was telling us the other day that he was servicing an engine and spotted something h...

Jul 05, 2020 Read

Tires and Wheels

The Tuffy St. Johns Guide to Tire Specs

You know you need new tires, but you're not sure what type. You look at a tire to get the size: 2...

Jun 28, 2020 Read

Fluids

Taking the Heat (Batteries in Hot Weather)

Quick question. Which is tougher on a vehicle's battery, the heat or the cold? Believe it or not...

Jun 21, 2020 Read

Maintenance

Another Couple of Years: Making Your Vehicle Last With Help From Tuffy St. Johns

A while back, the Cash for Clunkers program was all over the Florida news. St. Johns people coul...

Jun 14, 2020 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 ...

Jun 07, 2020 Read

Transmission

Things Aren't Always What They Seem

If you drive, you know at some point, something's going to go wrong with your vehicle. And somet...

May 31, 2020 Read

Oil Change

An Oil for All Seasons (Engine Oil Selection)

You swap your winter boots for flip-flops in the summer. Why not change your winter engine oil f...

May 24, 2020 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...

May 17, 2020 Read