Fuel System
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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...Published on: Jul 03, 2017 -
Hi STERLING HEIGHTS 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 pla...Published on: Jul 03, 2017 -
Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from STERLING HEIGHTS knows this makes sense.Some of us in the STERLING HEIGHTS area carry a bunch of unnecessary weight, and I'm not talkin' what you see...Published on: Jul 03, 2017 -
STERLING HEIGHTS 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 requi...Published on: Jul 23, 2017 -
Having trouble with your fuel system? Bring your vehicle into Sterling Car Care for a check up.In today's Sterling Car Care auto post, we're talking about fuel system cleaning. The first thing to...Published on: Aug 06, 2017
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STERLING HEIGHTS 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 c...Published on: Oct 23, 2017
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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...Published on: Dec 05, 2017 -
Your vehicle requires plenty of clean fuel to run. If your fuel contains contaminants, your fuel injectors will eventually become clogged up. When this happens, your vehicle engine may not get the p...Published on: Jan 30, 2018 -
The team at Sterling Car Care in STERLING HEIGHTS, and MI car owners are all talking right now. Better gas mileage. Fewer emissions. STERLING HEIGHTS drivers want to save the environment and their p...Published on: Mar 11, 2018
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The last new American vehicles sold in STERLING HEIGHTS with a carburetor rolled out of the MI dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in STERLING HEIGHTS, and nationally, have had...Published on: Apr 29, 2018 -
If the fuel system in your vehicle is dirty, you will be hurting your engine and losing performance as you drive around STERLING HEIGHTS, MI.Unless they drive a vintage car, STERLING HEIGHTS auto owne...Published on: Dec 30, 2018
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Hello, STERLING HEIGHTS 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 f...Published on: Jan 20, 2019
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The price of gas in MI has got people in STERLING HEIGHTS talking. It seems that STERLING HEIGHTS folks who need a bigger vehicle to carry family and gear, or provide four wheel drive, are hit espec...Published on: Feb 10, 2019
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There's a lot of auto advice in MI 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...Published on: Aug 04, 2019 -
There are a surprising number of small, inexpensive parts that can lead to expensive engine damage when they fail. It doesn't seem right.Fortunately a lot of those things can be taken care of in routi...Published on: Oct 06, 2019 -
Diesel engines have been used extensively in Europe and Asia for many years. They haven't been as common in the STERLING HEIGHTS area because of the high sulfur content in our diesel fuel. But the g...Published on: Nov 10, 2019 -
The function of the fuel filter is pretty self-explanatory. It filters your fuel. The fuel filter is in the fuel line somewhere in between the fuel tank and the engine. Both gas and diesel vehicles ar...Published on: Feb 23, 2020 -
STERLING HEIGHTS 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 ...Published on: May 10, 2020
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Most STERLING HEIGHTS auto owners want to save on gas and seek our advice on improving economy. At Sterling Car Care, we are frequently asked, however, if it is really worth the extra effo...Published on: Jun 14, 2020 -
A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? STERLING HEIGHTS area residents are all cutting back, if not in fuel consumption, then in other areas o...Published on: Jun 28, 2020