Posts by Dennis Vieira
Keep Your Cool in TIGARD: Air Conditioning Services
Most TIGARD drivers don’t even think about their air conditioner. Now here’s a tip for TIGARD vehicle owners: Run your air conditioner every so often during OR winters. This circulates the lubricant to help keep the seals from drying out. The air conditioner actually removes some of the moisture in the air. So if…
Read MoreFuel Saving Tip: Dirty Oil in Your TIGARD Vehicle
If you’re a quart low in your vehicle, there isn’t enough motor oil to lubricate your engine properly. The extra friction causes drag that reduces fuel economy while you’re driving around the TIGARD area. The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn’t reduce friction properly. The result is you get to watch those numbers at your…
Read MoreDirect Fuel Injection Update from Tylers Auto TV
For those of you in TIGARD, OR who pay attention to these things, you may have been hearing about the new direct injection engines and want to learn more about them. Some deliver the power of a V8 with the economy of a V6. For example, in one family of engines the conventional V6 makes about 250…
Read MoreCan Your Car Last Another Year?
Have you checked out the price of new vehicles at TIGARD car dealers? Ouch! Add financing and insurance and a new ride may not seem so attractive. A lot of TIGARD, OR, folks are hoping to make their cars last a lot longer. Fortunately, with the current state of automotive engineering and manufacturing, there’s no…
Read MorePower Steering Service in TIGARD
Most TIGARD drivers are too young to remember life before power steering – cranking those great big steering wheels! It was a pretty good workout. Now power steering is standard. Let’s look at how it works. The heart of any power steering system is its pump. The pump pressurizes the power steering fluid that provides…
Read MoreThe Tylers Auto TV Guide to Proper Fluids for Your Vehicle
The automotive professionals at Tylers Auto TV would like to give TIGARD drivers an update on some of the things happening in automotive fluids. You know, vehicles are becoming more sophisticated every day. Fluids such as, oil, coolant and transmission fluid are becoming more specialized at about the same pace. The TIGARD do-it-yourselfer has to be pretty careful…
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