Fuel System
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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: May 30, 2013 -
No one in Portland, Oregon, likes to spend a chunk of change at the gas pump. Rising Oregon fuel prices, however, have spurred Portland drivers to focus on how to improve their fuel economy. North Ame...Published on: Aug 06, 2013 -
Hello Portland resident! You would never like to drink a glass of mud, right? Well, your vehicle feels the same way. It needs a steady supply of clean fuel in order to run well and deliver good fuel e...Published on: Oct 11, 2013 -
Most Portland auto owners want to save on gas and seek our advice on improving economy. At All Around Automotive, Inc., we are frequently asked, however, if it is really worth the extra ef...Published on: Dec 10, 2013 -
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: Dec 26, 2013 -
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: Feb 12, 2014 -
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...Published on: Feb 18, 2014 -
Portland 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 the func...Published on: Mar 13, 2014
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One topic that hits the news in Oregon on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some Oregon drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Portland...Published on: Jun 05, 2014 -
If the fuel system in your vehicle is dirty, you will be hurting your engine and losing performance as you drive around Portland, Oregon.Unless they drive a vintage car, Portland auto owners have fuel...Published on: Jun 11, 2014
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The price of gas in Oregon has got people in Portland talking. It seems that Portland folks who need a bigger vehicle to carry family and gear, or provide four wheel drive, are hit especially hard. ...Published on: Oct 14, 2014
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Let's talk about alternative fuel vehicles. In their quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels and harmful exhaust emissions in our Oregon environment, automakers will have a number of alternatives fo...Published on: Jul 08, 2015 -
Portland 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 cylinders...Published on: Mar 03, 2015 -
The team at All Around Automotive, Inc. in Portland, and Oregon car owners are all talking right now. Better gas mileage. Fewer emissions. Portland drivers want to save the environment and their poc...Published on: Oct 23, 2014
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Hello, Portland 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 is...Published on: Sep 23, 2014
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The last new American vehicles sold in Portland with a carburetor rolled out of the Oregon dealerships in 1990. Since then, all new vehicles here in Portland, and nationally, have had fuel inject...Published on: Sep 18, 2016 -
There is no escaping it: things work better when you take care of them. Something most of us in Portland can relate to is our computers. You've probably noticed how they get slower and slower over t...Published on: Jan 31, 2017 -
A lot of us drivers are asking ourselves the same question lately: how can we save on fuel? Portland area residents are all cutting back, if not in fuel consumption, then in other areas of our li...Published on: Mar 15, 2017 -
There's a lot of auto advice in Oregon 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. Wh...Published on: Apr 30, 2017
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Diesel engines have been used extensively in Europe and Asia for many years. They haven't been as common in the Portland area because of the high sulfur content in our diesel fuel. But the governmen...Published on: Jul 18, 2017