No one in Tucson, AZ, likes to spend a chunk of change at the gas pump. Rising AZ fuel prices, however, have spurred Tucson drivers to focus on how to improve their fuel economy. North Americans liter...

Hello Tucson resident! You would never like to drink a glass of mud, right? Well, your vehicle feels the same way. It needs a steady supply of clean fuel in order to run well and deliver good fuel eco...

Tucson residents know that engines burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your engine where it is squirted—or injected—into your engine's cylinders. This is the functi...

Have you ever gone to listen to an orchestra? The musicians take the stage early and tune their instruments. Each individual instrument must be in tune, but the critical thing is for the entire orches...

  One topic that hits the news in AZ on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some AZ drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Tucson who don't...

Hi Tucson residents. Let's talk fuel injectors. A fuel injector is a valve that delivers fuel to a vehicle's engine. It has to deliver the precise amount of fuel to precisely the right place, precis...

With high fuel prices in Tucson, AZ, comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on  {{ image('MTQ4') }} is great.  When you get one of those e-mails that's going around ...

Tucson drivers have probably noticed that the government mandates a lot of equipment on cars: emission devices and control computers, safety equipment like airbags and crash worthiness requirements. A...

No matter how well they're made, vehicles in Tucson, AZ, will have design or manufacturing problems. And when the government thinks a problem is really serious for people in Tucson, AZ, they require t...

There is no escaping it: things work better when you take care of them. Something most of us in Tucson can relate to is our computers. You've probably noticed how they get slower and slower over tim...

A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? Tucson area residents are all cutting back, if not in fuel consumption, then in other areas of our live...

Diesel engines have been used extensively in Europe and Asia for many years. They haven't been as common in the Tucson area because of the high sulfur content in our diesel fuel. But the government ...

Is your vehicle sometimes hard to start early in the morning? When you turn the key, does it hesitate or stutter? If so, the problem could be the result of a dirty fuel system. Your vehicle's&nbs...

In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your vehicle engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time...

Tucson residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle engine where it is squirted—or injected—into your engine's cylinders. ...

The last new American vehicles sold in Tucson with a carburetor rolled out of the AZ dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Tucson, and nationally, have had fuel injectors. In ...

Hello, Tucson residents. Let's talk fuel filters. Fuel filters clean the dirt, dust and debris out of your fuel. Both gasoline and diesel-powered engines have them. The fuel filter is l...

There's a lot of auto advice in AZ right now on how to save money on gas. Some of it is good advice. Some of it isn't. Some of it is myth. And it may well be a scam. Plain and simple. When s...

Your fuel system needs to be clean to do its job properly. When it gets dirty, the results are lower engine performance, reduced fuel economy and impaired safety. It can even lead to costly repair bil...

All modern Tucson vehicles come with fuel injection systems, so it's a topic Tucson drivers need to know something about. The mighty fuel injector is a valve that delivers the gas or diesel fuel to th...