Fuel System
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The price of gas in CA has got people in Riverside talking. It seems that Riverside folks who need a bigger vehicle to carry family and gear, or provide four wheel drive, are hit especially hard. Th...Published on: Dec 09, 2015 -
Getting adequate fuel to your engine is very important for performance, fuel economy and safety. In order to accomplish this, your fuel system needs to be clean.Today's production cars have fuel injec...Published on: Oct 01, 2015 -
Having trouble with your fuel system? Bring your vehicle into California Smog & Automotive Institute for a check up.In today's California Smog & Automotive Institute auto post, we're talking abou...Published on: Oct 20, 2015 -
Let's talk about alternative fuel vehicles. In their quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels and harmful exhaust emissions in our CA environment, automakers will have a number of alternatives for Ri...Published on: Sep 02, 2015 -
Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from Riverside knows this makes sense.Some of us in the Riverside area carry a bunch of unnecessary weight, and I'm not talkin' what you see in the mirror...Published on: Nov 12, 2015
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Hi Riverside 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, pre...Published on: Oct 08, 2015 -
Hello, Riverside 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 i...Published on: Nov 24, 2015
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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...Published on: Aug 08, 2016 -
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: Aug 14, 2016
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There's not much we can do about the price of gas in Riverside, CA, but we do quite a bit about how much we use as we're driving on our Riverside streets.Our driving habits can dramatically affect our...Published on: Aug 24, 2016
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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: Sep 05, 2016 -
A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? Riverside area residents are all cutting back, if not in fuel consumption, then in other areas of our l...Published on: Sep 13, 2016 -
Something you're going to be hearing a lot about around Riverside, CA, is diesel engines. We're not talking about semi-trucks and buses; we're talking about diesel engine cars, pick-ups and SUVs.Most ...Published on: Oct 09, 2016 -
A lot of fuel is wasted in the Riverside area by dirty fuel delivery systems in vehicles.Let's start at the tank. The gas tank gathers dirt, rust and sediment over the years. That's why there's a fuel...Published on: Nov 14, 2016 -
Fuel filters clean the dirt, dust and debris out of your fuel. Both gasoline and diesel-powered engines have them. The fuel filter is located in the fuel line between the fuel tank and the vehi...Published on: Nov 23, 2016 -
Diesel engines have been used extensively in Europe and Asia for many years. They haven't been as common in the Riverside area because of the high sulfur content in our diesel fuel. But the governme...Published on: Dec 13, 2016 -
The team at California Smog & Automotive Institute in Riverside, and CA car owners are all talking right now. Better gas mileage. Fewer emissions. Riverside drivers want to save the environment and ...Published on: Jan 17, 2017
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The last new American vehicles sold in Riverside with a carburetor rolled out of the CA dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Riverside, and nationally, have had fuel injector...Published on: Nov 20, 2017 -
One topic that hits the news in CA on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some CA drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Riverside who do...Published on: Dec 04, 2017
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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...Published on: Mar 04, 2018