Keeping Your Cool (Coolant leak repair)
May 5, 2024
If theres one thing you should pay attention to with your vehicle, its the temperature gauge. Its the one that may say C---H (that means cold---hot). Or maybe yours has a picture of a thermometer on it and a blue and red zone. If you see the needle heading farther to the H or red area, that mea... More
Taking the Heat (Heater Hose Maintenance/Repair)
April 28, 2024
If you have an internal combustion vehicle, you know it has a lot of hoses that carry various fluids. And if you have a heater in your vehicle, you'll have heater hoses. A heater hose connects to and from the engine so some coolant can be circulated through a little radiator called a heater core... More
Keeping Your Cool (Coolant System)
January 7, 2024
No matter what the weather is like outside, your internal combustion engine expects to keep its cool all the time, even when it's really cold. That's because engines create the power that moves you to your destination by a series of tiny explosions of a fuel and air mixture. In turn, that genera... More
Your Biggest Fan (Radiator Fan Problems)
June 4, 2023
Your vehicle's engine makes a lot of heat when it's powering you down the road, so it needs a way to get rid of that energy. That's why your vehicle has a cooling system, complete with a radiator and one or two radiator fans, also called cooling fans. Those fans make sure air keeps moving acros... More
Tuffy Wyoming Radiator Service
October 6, 2022
The coolant system is a vital part of your vehicle. It is also the second most common cause for vehicle failures. Even though coolant system failure is fairly common in Wyoming, it is easy to prevent. The most recognizable part of the coolant system is the radiator. It is connected to the engine ... More
Keep Your Cool in Wyoming
September 25, 2022
Wyoming drivers rely on their vehicle's coolant system to keep their engine cool. Coolant (also called antifreeze) mixed with water flows through your vehicle engine and absorbs heat. The mixture then flows out to the radiator where it's cooled by air flowing over the radiator. From there the co... More
Cooling System Components
September 22, 2022
Today we want to talk about a system in our vehicles the cooling system. It's one of those things that Wyoming auto owners don't give much thought to until it fails and then they're stranded by the side of a road in Michigan .Cooling systems fail more often than any other mechanical system usu... More
Smart Wyoming Drivers Protect Against Overheating
August 5, 2022
Engines get hot when they run. This heat can build up and damage vital engine parts, so engines need a cooling system to keep them running. Cooling system failure is the most common mechanical failure in vehicles. This is unfortunate, because these failures are usually easy for Wyoming drivers t... More
Keeping Your Engine Cool in Wyoming, Michigan
July 15, 2022
The cooling system keeps Michigan vehicle's engines from overheating while they are driving around Wyoming. Its job is to move heat away from the engine. Let's talk about the various components of the system and how they make this happen.The radiator is the part most Wyoming drivers associate wi... More
How to Radiate Cool (Radiator Care)
July 10, 2022
There's nothing that radiates cool like a vehicle radiator that's helping to keep your engine running at the proper temperature. You don't have to baby it, but you can't simply ignore it, either. Let's take a quick dive under the hood to let you know what the radiator is doing. It takes the he... More