Fuel Injection Keeps Getting Better for Lincoln Motorists
January 16, 2022
Lincoln residents know that engines burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your 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 to burn, so in the f... More
To Save Gas Around Lincoln: Keep up with Your Scheduled Service
September 26, 2021
One topic that hits the news in Nebraska on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some Nebraska drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Lincoln who don't want to add a car payment to our monthly expenses, we need to improve our fuel economy an... More
The Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Lincoln Guide to Saving Fuel: Beware of Myths
October 11, 2020
There's a lot of auto advice in Nebraska right now on how to save money on gas. Some of it is good advice. Some of it isn't. Some of it is myth. And it may well be a scam. Plain and simple. When someone offers you a product designed to save money on gas, ask yourself, Does this sound too good to ... More
Fuel Filter Service in Lincoln, Nebraska
September 15, 2019
There are a surprising number of small, inexpensive parts that can lead to expensive engine damage when they fail. It doesn't seem right.Fortunately a lot of those things can be taken care of in routine maintenance. They may not be easy to remember because it is a long list, but your service cent... More
Service to Improve Fuel Economy
September 1, 2019
The price of gas in Nebraska has got people in Lincoln talking. It seems that Lincoln folks who need a bigger vehicle to carry family and gear, or provide four wheel drive, are hit especially hard. That is why we thought it would be good to review some things that anyone can do to improve fuel e... More
Clean Fuel Makes a Happy Engine in Lincoln, Nebraska
June 30, 2019
If the fuel system in your vehicle is dirty, you will be hurting your engine and losing performance as you drive around Lincoln, Nebraska.Unless they drive a vintage car, Lincoln auto owners have fuel injectors which need to be properly maintained. That is why your vehicle owner's manual has a sc... More
Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Lincoln, Nebraska
June 2, 2019
Let's talk about alternative fuel vehicles. In their quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels and harmful exhaust emissions in our Nebraska environment, automakers will have a number of alternatives for Lincoln drivers very soon.For instance, Flex Fuel vehicles are already available in the Lincol... More
Fuel Saving Tip: Auto Myths Around Lincoln
May 5, 2019
With high fuel prices in Lincoln, Nebraska, comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on is great. When you get one of those e-mails that's going around telling you how to save gas, try to think it through.Does it really make sense? Does it defy the laws of physics?Do som... More
Fuel Injector Cleaning at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Lincoln
February 10, 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
Professional Fuel System Cleaning
September 9, 2018
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