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If you’re a quart low in your truck, there isn’t enough motor oil to lubricate your engine properly. The extra friction causes drag that reduces fuel economy while you’re driving around the Dodgeville area. The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn’t reduce friction properly. The result is you get to watch those numbers at […]

Your truck requires plenty of clean fuel to run. If your fuel contains contaminants, your fuel injectors will eventually become clogged up. When this happens, your truck engine may not get the proper amount of fuel at the correct pressure to run at peak performance. This hurts MPG and performance as you drive around Dodgeville. […]

With high fuel prices in DODGEVILLE WI comes lots of gas saving advice. Some of it, like what you hear on AutoNetTV, is really great. Some is myth. And some is just designed to prey on DODGEVILLE WI people desperate to save some money on gas. When you get one of those e-mails that’s going […]

Weight is the enemy of fuel economy. Everyone from here to Mineral Point knows this makes sense. Some of us in the Mineral Point area carry a bunch of unnecessary weight, and I’m not talkin’ what you see in the mirror. Guys; sports equipment and tools. Ladies; well, just take a look around the passenger […]

The price of gas in WI has got DODGEVILLE motorists talking. It seems that DODGEVILLE folks who need a bigger vehicle to carry family and gear, or provide four wheel drive, are hit especially. That is why we thought it would be good to review some things that anyone can do to improve fuel efficiency. […]

At Marks Auto Repair we hear from a lot of people who are excited about the new diesel engines that will soon be available in passenger cars and SUV’s. But our WI friends are often curious about the preventive maintenance requirements. People may not know that diesel engines have long been used extensively in Europe […]

Most DODGEVILLE and Linden auto owners want to save on gas and seek our advice on improving fuel efficiency. At Marks Auto Repair, we are frequently asked, however, if it is really worth the extra effort. Just how much money can DODGEVILLE drivers actually save? The US government has a website dedicated to helping us […]

Hi DODGEVILLE auto owners. 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, precisely when the engine needs it. The fuel also has to be mixed with air before it can burn in […]

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 injectors, rather than a carburetor. The injectors need to be cleaned from time to time in order to deliver the fuel with the […]

DODGEVILLE auto owners 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. All of this is great for the motoring public in Dodgeville but it does add quite a bit to the price of a new car in […]