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Auto Performance post contains a quick overview of the fuel system. It starts with the fuel tank. The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine. Somewhere along th...
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Question:My new car has a “GDI” engine. What does that mean to me and other Provo vehicles with this new type of engine?Auto Performance Answer:GDI stands for Gasoline...
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Most Provo residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Provo from the factory with char...
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Auto Performance Tech Question:I was driving on a local Provo road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it started. I was towed t...
A lot of gas is wasted in dirty fuel delivery systems. Let’s start at the tank. The gas tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That’s why there’s a...
When we Provo travel around UT, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. We should m...
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When someone mentions diesels around Provo, images of smoky, rattly trucks may spring to mind. The fact is that the modern, clean diesel engine is much more refined than in the ol...
Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
