Fuel System
Is your vehicle sometimes hard to start early in the morning? When you turn the key, does it hesitate or stutter? If so, the problem could be the result of a dirty fuel system. Your vehicle's fuel system starts with the air filter and...
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Posted in Fuel System
on October 20, 2019
Frankfort residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle engine where it is squirted—or injected—into your engine's cylinders. This is the function of the fuel injectors.T...
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Posted in Fuel System
on September 01, 2019
There is no escaping it: things work better when you take care of them. Something most of us in Frankfort 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...
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Posted in Fuel System
on June 09, 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...
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Posted in Fuel System
on May 12, 2019
At Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Frankfort we hear from a lot of people who are excited about the new diesel engines that will soon be available in passenger cars and SUV's. But our Illinois friends are often curious about the preventive maintenance requirements. People may not know that dies...
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Posted in Fuel System
on April 14, 2019
Frankfort residents know that engines burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your engine where it is squirted—or injected—into 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 to burn, so in t...
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Posted in Fuel System
on December 02, 2018
A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? Frankfort area residents are all cutting back, if not in fuel consumption, then in other areas of our lives.Preventive MaintenancePreventive maintenance is an important way people in Frankfort can conser...
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Posted in Fuel System
on November 05, 2018
Hi Frankfort residents. Let's talk fuel injectors. A fuel injector is a valve that delivers fuel to a vehicle's engine. It has to deliver the precise amount of fuel to precisely the right place, precisely when the engine needs it. The fuel also has to be mixed with air before it can burn ...
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Posted in Fuel System
on June 26, 2018
All modern Frankfort vehicles come with fuel injection systems, so it's a topic Frankfort drivers need to know something about. The mighty fuel injector is a valve that delivers the gas or diesel fuel to the right place, in the right amount at the right time—to be mixed with air and burned...
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Posted in Fuel System
on February 25, 2018
A lot of fuel is wasted in the Frankfort 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 ...
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Posted in Fuel System
on February 12, 2018
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