Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

In the Hot Seat (Repair and Maintenance of Seat Heaters)

It's chilly outside. You flip on that switch that looks like a picture of a seat with little heat waves rising from it. You expect soon you'll feel that warmth but wait! It's not getting warmer. ...

January 19, 2020

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Windshield Wipers

No Yolk! Rotten Egg Smell (Sulfur Smell Causes)

The pungent smell of rotten eggs can send people running for the hills. So when that odor is ins...

Jan 19, 2020 Read

Windshield Wipers

A Squirrely Problem (Animals Nesting in Engine)

If you park your vehicle outside, you are exposing it to all sorts of critters that would love to...

Jan 18, 2020 Read

Tires and Wheels

Automotive Tips from Tuffy Bloomington: When to Replace a Damaged Tire

Repair or Replace? Thats a question Bloomington drivers ask when they have tire damage. Some punc...

Jan 17, 2020 Read

Maintenance

Let Tuffy Bloomington Help You Keep Your Vehicle Another Couple of Years

Bloomington area residents may remember when the U.S. government's Cash for Clunkers program made...

Jan 16, 2020 Read

Tires and Wheels

Treat Your Vehicle to Good Tires at Tuffy Bloomington

When we shop for shoes, most of us know that we can get two pairs of cheap shoes or one good pair...

Jan 15, 2020 Read

Fluids

A Stitch in Time at Tuffy Bloomington

You probably have heard that expression, "A stitch in time saves nine." In other words, if you fi...

Jan 14, 2020 Read

Timing Belt

Automotive Tips from Tuffy Bloomington: A Broken or Damaged Timing Belt

The timing belt rotates the cam shafts which open and close the valves that allow air, fuel, and ...

Dec 01, 2019 Read

Fuel System

Fuel System Cleaning the Professional Way at Tuffy Bloomington

Your fuel system needs to be clean to do its job properly. When it gets dirty, the results are lo...

Nov 24, 2019 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...

Nov 17, 2019 Read