When You Hear the Crash in Aurora: What to Do After an Accident
June 27, 2017
Motorists in North America drive about 3 trillion miles/4.8 trillion kilometers every year. There are over 250+ million licensed drivers, and approximately 6.2 million accidents happen every year. Unfortunately, if we're going to drive vehicles, there are going to be accidents. Knowing what to do... More
Time for Differential Service at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Aurora?
June 20, 2017
Hello Aurora - let's talk differentials. If you have a rear-wheel drive vehicle, your differential is on the back axle. With front-wheel drive cars, the differential is up front. All-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive vehicles have three differentials - front, rear and in the middle. So you see, you'... More
Aurora Customer Detective Work
June 12, 2017
One might say the most challenging part of being an automotive service technician at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Aurora is diagnosing a problem before it can be fixed.Cars are made up of a bunch of complex systems. There usually could be a number of reasons for any given symptom. So, it's challengi... More
Automotive Tips from Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Aurora: Timing Belt Overview
June 6, 2017
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 Aurora. The timing belts important job is... More