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Fuel Saving Tip: Dirty Oil In Your Oswego SUV

December 18, 2014



If you're a quart low in your SUV, 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 Oswego area.

Clean Oil for your SUV The same goes for dirty oil; it doesn't reduce friction properly. The result is you get to watch those numbers at your local Oswego gas pump rolling higher and higher.

The transmission also needs the proper amount of clean fluid to do its work. When it's in need of service, the transmission drags your fuel economy down.

So keep it clean and give yourself a fighting chance.

Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Oswego
1555 US Highway 34
Oswego, Illinois 60543
630-898-6220

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