Car Care Tips & Advice

Expert guidance to keep your vehicle running at its best.

Heat and your Tires (Tire Pressure Monitoring System)

With hotter weather and brutal heat waves becoming more common, the pressure in your vehicle's tires goes up. After all, heat causes air to expand, and the air in your tires follows the laws of ph...

January 18, 2026

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Battery

Tuffy Elyria (Leona St) Automotive Tips: Alternator

Your alternator makes electricity to start and run your engine and all of the vital electrical sy...

Jan 11, 2026 Read

Automotive News

Tracking True in Elyria: Wheel Alignment

At Tuffy Elyria (Leona St), we occasionally see severe tire damage that could have been prevented...

Jan 04, 2026 Read

Wheel Bearings

When Metal Meets Metal (Wheel Bearings)

What part of your vehicle has little metal balls inside that are lubricated and allow you to crui...

Dec 28, 2025 Read

Windshield Wipers

Don't Start with That (Bad Starter Motor)

We've all heard that expression, "That's a non starter." When it comes to your vehicle, that's no...

Dec 21, 2025 Read

Oil Change

Motor Oil?The Synthetic Advantage (Synthetic oil vs Conventional)

Youve probably already heard that regular oil changes are extremely important for the health of y...

Dec 14, 2025 Read

Winter Prep

Thoughtful Gifts for the Winter Driver

You may be one of those romantics who don't like giving (or getting) practical gifts for special ...

Dec 07, 2025 Read

Fluids

No Charge (Why Won?t My Battery Hold a Charge?)

When your vehicles battery is dead, it leaves you with that horrible, helpless feeling. A dead b...

Nov 30, 2025 Read

PCV Valve

The Little Valve that Could (PCV Valve Replacement)

It's easy to get letters like PVC and PCV mixed up. PVC is a plastic that's used in a lot of thi...

Nov 23, 2025 Read

Service Intervals

Stopping "Brake" Downs (Brake Pad Replacement)

If someone tells you to put the brakes on something, you know it means stop. And stopping is one...

Nov 16, 2025 Read