Fuel System
A lot of fuel is wasted in the Waterford area by dirty fuel delivery systems in vehicles.Let's start at the tank. The gas tank gathers dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That's why there's a fuel filter to clean the fuel after it leaves the tank. A dirty filter will rob the engine of ...
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Posted in Fuel System
on May 16, 2017
Your vehicle requires plenty of clean fuel to run. If your fuel contains contaminants, your fuel injectors will eventually become clogged up. When this happens, your vehicle engine may not get the proper amount of fuel at the correct pressure to run at peak performance. This hurts perform...
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Posted in Fuel System
on April 16, 2017
The price of gas in MI has got people in Waterford talking. It seems that Waterford 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 f...
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Posted in Fuel System
on March 06, 2017
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 orde...
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Posted in Fuel System
on January 24, 2017
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...
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Posted in Fuel System
on August 30, 2016
Your fuel system needs to be clean to do its job properly. When it gets dirty, the results are lower engine performance, reduced fuel economy and impaired safety. It can even lead to costly repair bills for Waterford drivers. So keep your fuel system clean as part of your routine preventive maint...
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Posted in Fuel System
on June 07, 2016
There's a lot of auto advice in MI 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 be tru...
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Posted in Fuel System
on May 23, 2016
Waterford residents often ask the question: "Will using premium gas make my car run better?" The answer is simple. But first, let's talk about what exactly premium gasoline is.Different grades of gasoline have different octane ratings. Regular gasoline has the lowest octane rating and premium ...
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Posted in Fuel System
on August 13, 2015
There's not much we can do about the price of gas in Waterford, MI, but we do quite a bit about how much we use as we're driving on our Waterford streets.Our driving habits can dramatically affect our fuel economy. The first thing we can do is watch the 'go-pedal'. Hard acceleration just sucks ...
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Posted in Fuel System
on July 29, 2015
With high fuel prices in Waterford, MI comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on 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 some research on t...
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Posted in Fuel System
on June 24, 2015
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