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Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Should Bloomington Soccer Moms Follow the Severe Service Schedule?

So you take your vehicle in for maintenance and the pro at Tuffy Bloomington tells you that you ought to change your oil more often. What? You followed the maintenance schedule but you take a seco...

August 18, 2019

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Inspection

It Is Time to Check Your Intervals

Part of the engineering that goes into designing a vehicle is testing the components to ensure th...

Aug 11, 2019 Read

Windshield Wipers

Automotive Tips from Tuffy Bloomington: Wiper Blades ? Signs of Wear

90% of our driving decisions are based on vision. Anything that impedes your vision can affect yo...

Aug 04, 2019 Read

Fuel System

Fuel Saving Tip: Bloomington Tune Up

Have you ever gone to listen to an orchestra? The musicians take the stage early and tune their i...

Jul 28, 2019 Read

Transmission

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 na...

Jul 21, 2019 Read

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