Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Dashboard's a Funny Name (Instrumental Panel Warning Lights)

Every day you drive, you're sitting behind the dashboard. But how in the world did it get that name? Back in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, horses would kick up dirt and mud on the driver an...

July 21, 2019

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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 ...

Jul 14, 2019 Read

Fuel Economy

Save Fuel by Watching Your Weight

Most Bloomington drivers are all talking right now. Better gas mileage. Fewer emissions. Illinois...

Jul 07, 2019 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...

Jun 30, 2019 Read

Steering

Power Steering Service in Bloomington

Most Bloomington drivers are too young to remember life before power steering - cranking those gr...

Jun 23, 2019 Read

Steering

STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT STEERING (Loose Steering)

Perhaps you've heard someone use the term "loose steering." And it's pretty much what it sounds l...

Jun 16, 2019 Read

Tires and Wheels

Automotive Tips from Tuffy Bloomington: Where Should New Tires Be Placed

When Bloomington drivers need to replace tires, they need to know how many they should get and on...

Jun 09, 2019 Read

Fuel Economy

Fuel for Thought

If you're like most people and drive a gasoline-powered vehicle, you need to be up to speed on it...

Jun 02, 2019 Read

Tires and Wheels

The Tuffy Bloomington 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...

May 26, 2019 Read

Cooling System

Keeping Your Engine Cool in Bloomington, Illinois

The cooling system keeps Illinois vehicle's engines from overheating while they are driving aroun...

May 19, 2019 Read