Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

A Clean Start (Battery Cleaning)

Your vehicle is loaded with electrical devices. Computerized components are everywhere, so good electrical connections are important. Those begin with your vehicle's battery, so it's important tha...

February 11, 2024

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Exhaust

What Is an EGR Valve? (EGR Valve Service)

If you've ever felt your vehicle hesitate, go, then hesitate again, you might think there's somet...

Feb 04, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

Objects in the Mirror (Rearview Mirror Safety and Maintenance)

You may remember a song that went, "Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they ar...

Jan 28, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

Don't Blow a Gasket! (Valve Cover Gasket Replacement)

When you head out to your vehicle after it's been parked and notice oil leaking underneath it, th...

Jan 21, 2024 Read

Service Standards

Speak Up: Talking with Your Tuffy Rockford Service Advisor

About 80% of the vehicles on Loves Park roads today are behind on their preventive maintenance sc...

Jan 14, 2024 Read

Windshield Wipers

The New Blade in Town

If your windshield wipers are streaking and chattering when you turn them on in the rain or snow,...

Jan 07, 2024 Read

Diesel Maintenance

What's up with Diesels in Loves Park?

Would you be surprised to learn that about half of the passenger cars in Europe have diesel engin...

Jan 01, 2024 Read

Tires

Read a Good Tire Lately? (Tire Wear)

There's lots of good information to read in books and online. You might not know that you can al...

Dec 31, 2023 Read

Transmission

Beginning to See the Light (Check Engine Light Diagnostics)

It's a light many drivers fear they'll see turn on at the most inopportune time. It's the one on...

Dec 24, 2023 Read

Windshield Wipers

I Can See Clearly (Wiper Blade Replacement)

Warm weather can bring severe storms, and when the rain is coming down hard, that's one time you ...

Dec 17, 2023 Read