Maintenance

Hey TIGARD – this is something really amazing: Your vehicle uses 12,000 times as much air as fuel when you drive it. All of that air has to be filtered to keep your engine clean. That’s like 100 gallons (380 liters) of air every block! The engine air filter is just another example of a very important but…

Just as our bodies need clean air to function properly, your vehicle engine needs clean air to operate efficiently. Let’s go egghead for a minute. For every gallon of gas we burn driving on TIGARD streets, 20 pounds of carbon dioxide comes out the tailpipe. Question: how can a gallon of gas that weighs a little over six pounds…

Today in our Tylers Auto TV blog, we’re going to talk about following recommended service intervals. Your vehicle isn’t the only aspect of your life in TIGARD with recommended intervals: Let’s start with twice yearly dental check-ups and regular physical exams. How about laundry, watering the lawn and paying the bills? Now, what would happen if…

Recalls are pretty serious for TIGARD residents and don’t happen all that often. But sometimes cars have less serious problems that TIGARD residents still might want to know about. For these less serious cases, the vehicle manufacturer issues what is known as a Technical Service Bulletin – or TSB. These bulletins tell TIGARD service centers (including Tylers…

If you are a driver in TIGARD and you aren’t currently using synthetic motor oil in your vehicle, maybe now’s the time to consider it. Need more information? Well, synthetic motor oil is a substitute for petroleum based oil. Synthetic oil doesn’t gel or gum-up like petroleum based oil and it doesn’t vaporize as easily. It protects…

There’s a segment of the TIGARD area population that’s not committed to proper vehicle maintenance. Now, the ignition system in your vehicle is electronic and controlled by the engine management computer. Spark plugs rarely get fouled and will last for as much as 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers). So tune-ups used to force you in to Tylers…