Cabin Air Filter From Tuffy Pelham
October 27, 2019
Here is a questions for Pelham drivers: What is a cabin air filter?Is it: A filter for a house in the middle of the woods? A fresh, piney scent? A filter for the passenger compartment of your car? Clever you, it's 3.A cabin air filter cleans the outside air before it comes into the passenger c... More
Maintaining Your Older Car in Pelham, Alabama
October 20, 2019
The government mandates a lot of equipment on cars in Pelham, Alabama: emission devices and control computers, safety equipment like airbags and crash worthiness requirements. All of this is great for the Pelham motoring public, but it does add quite a bit to the price of a new vehicle.Because ne... More
Automotive Tips from Tuffy Pelham: Timing Belt Overview
October 20, 2019
In your engine, valves over each combustion chamber open to allow fresh air in, close during the combustion event, and then other valves open to let out the exhaust. All of this happens over and over thousands of times a minute when you are driving around Pelham. The timing belts important job is... More
Power Steering Service in Pelham
October 19, 2019
Most Pelham 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 steerin... More
Regular Schedule or Severe Service Schedule at Tuffy Pelham?
October 18, 2019
Today's Tuffy Pelham article focuses on severe service maintenance. Many Pelham drivers are not aware of them and yet there are also very vocal advocates in Alabama who think that severe service schedules apply to everyone. Somewhere between a complete lack of awareness and the dire blanket stat... More
To Save Gas Around Pelham: Keep up with Your Scheduled Service
October 17, 2019
One topic that hits the news in Alabama on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some Alabama drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Pelham who don't want to add a car payment to our monthly expenses, we need to improve our fuel economy any w... More
It Is Time to Check Your Intervals
October 16, 2019
Part of the engineering that goes into designing a vehicle is testing the components to ensure that they meet durability and safety standards. Because of this, manufacturers have a good idea as to how long the parts in your vehicle will last under normal driving conditions. For this reason, they... More
Keeping Your Car Young in Pelham
October 15, 2019
As Pelham consumers, we live in a disposable society. It's amazing all the stuff we throw away.New stuff comes out so fast in Alabama, and much of it is fairly cheap, so we just toss the old and move on. It seems like when we were kids our parents were real sticklers about taking care of our stuf... More
Engine Air Filter from Tuffy Pelham
October 14, 2019
Many Pelham drivers have found themselves in the following situation: They go to get their oil changed and their friendly service advisor at Tuffy Pelham recommends a new engine air filter. They say yes, but don't know what an air filter is or what it does.If this has happened to you, rest assur... More
Drive Defensively in Alabama
October 13, 2019
Car care is part of auto safety in Pelham. But the most important thing we can do to improve safety on Alabama roads is to drive safely.Defensive driving begins with the proper attitude. Have in mind that you won't let anyone take your safety away from you. You'll be aware of your surroundings, ... More