Clean Machine (Fuel and Air Induction Cleaning)
June 2, 2024
As your vehicle ages, its performance isnt quite what it used to be, but many of us never notice the change because its gradual. So here are a few questions to ask yourself. Does your vehicle feel like it doesnt have the pep that it used to? Have you noticed your fuel economy isnt quite as good... More
Clean Fuel Makes a Happy Engine in Dexter, Missouri
May 26, 2024
If the fuel system in your vehicle is dirty, you will be hurting your engine and losing performance as you drive around Dexter, Missouri.Unless they drive a vintage car, Dexter auto owners have fuel injectors which need to be properly maintained. That is why your vehicle owner's manual has a sche... More
Fuel Saving Tip: Dirty Oil in Your Dexter Vehicle
November 19, 2023
If you're a quart low in your vehicle, 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 Dexter area.The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn't reduce friction properly. The result is you get to wa... More
Fuel Injector Cleaning at Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter
September 24, 2023
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 it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every single fuel-i... More
The Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter Guide to Saving Fuel: Car Weight
July 16, 2023
The team at Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter in Dexter, and Missouri car owners are all talking right now. Better gas mileage. Fewer emissions. Dexter drivers want to save the environment and their pocketbooks.And we all knowor should knowthat preventive maintenance will help maximize fuel economy. Bu... More
Direct Fuel Injection Update from Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter
July 2, 2023
For those of you in Dexter, Missouri who pay attention to these things, you may have been hearing about the new direct injection engines and want to learn more about them. Some deliver the power of a V8 with the economy of a V6.For example, in one family of engines the conventional V6 makes abou... More
Professional Fuel System Cleaning
June 18, 2023
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 de... More
A Clean Sweep (Fuel Injector Cleaning)
April 30, 2023
Your vehicle gets its power from burning fuel, usually gasoline, and it counts on something called fuel injectors to send gas to the engine in a spray that is easy to ignite. Its a precise operation, and when its working well, you have plenty of power and an efficient engine. But after time, con... More
Engine Air Filter from Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter
January 29, 2023
Many Dexter drivers have found themselves in the following situation: They go to get their oil changed and their friendly service advisor at Charlie's Fast Lube Dexter recommends a new engine air filter. They say yes, but don't know what an air filter is or what it does.If this has happened to y... More
Fuel Injection: It Keeps Getting Better for Dexter Drivers
October 2, 2022
Dexter residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle engine where it is squirtedor injectedinto your engine's cylinders. This is the function of the fuel injectors.There are two ways to inject fuel into an engine. Fuel needs air to b... More