Tuffy Fort Mill Radiator Service
August 20, 2023
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 Fort Mill, it is easy to prevent. The most recognizable part of the coolant system is the radiator. It is connected to the engin... More
Keeping Your Cool (Coolant System)
September 18, 2022
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
Keeping Your Cool (Coolant leak repair)
August 14, 2022
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
Your Biggest Fan (Radiator Fan Problems)
June 20, 2021
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
How to Radiate Cool (Radiator Care)
November 8, 2020
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
Coolant Service at Tuffy Charlotte Metro
May 10, 2020
Fort Mill residents' vehicles have to operate in a wide range of SC temperatures which requires the engine coolant to be able to perform 'no matter what.' Think for a moment about the environment where the coolant does its thing. Very hot, high pressure, corrosive...And all the while, it has to ... More
Coolant/Antifreeze Service in Fort Mill, SC
February 3, 2019
Fort Mill auto owners may know that most automotive failures in Fort Mill, SC, are tire related, but do you know the second most common cause of vehicle failure? Nope, it's not teenagers. It is the coolant system. But if you take good care of your vehicle coolant system, it will take good care o... More
Coolant/Antifreeze Service at Tuffy Charlotte Metro
June 18, 2018
Anyone who drives a car in Fort Mill knows that engines get hot when they run. But did you know that engines need to be cooled to keep running? Heat inside an engine can cause the metal parts to expand, which can seize up an engine and make it stop running. It can even ruin the entire engine! Go... More
Cool Running in Fort Mill
June 4, 2018
Unless you live in Death Valley, you really don't hear much any more about cars overheating. That's because cooling systems in vehicles have been much improved. That doesn't mean you can't overheat your vehicle engine, though. Without proper preventive maintenance, you could still find yourself ... More
Cooling System Components
October 18, 2017
Today we want to talk about a system in our vehicles the cooling system. It's one of those things that Fort Mill auto owners don't give much thought to until it fails and then they're stranded by the side of a road in SC.Cooling systems fail more often than any other mechanical system usually ... More