Main Street Automotive, Inc.
715 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 530.626.7066

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Better Service, Better Fuel Economy in Placerville

Maintaining your car or truck will make it more efficient.  It works the way it was designed to and that means it uses less fuel:  And you save money. To help organize our discussion, let&r...
Published on: Sep 25, 2022

Minimizing Blind Spots In Placerville For Safer Driving

When we Placerville travel around CA, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. We sh...
Published on: Nov 15, 2021

Forced Induction

{{ image('MzU0') }} Most Placerville residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Placerville from the ...
Published on: Jan 10, 2021

Fuel System Service at Main Street Automotive, Inc.

Today's 
Main Street Automotive, Inc. post contains a quick overview of the fuel system. It starts with the fuel tank. The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine. Somewh...
Published on: Oct 03, 2020

Fuel System

I’d like to give you a quick overview of the fuel system.  It starts with the fuel tank.  The fuel pump is located inside the tank and pumps fuel out to the engine.  Somewhere alo...
Published on: Jul 30, 2020

Your Nose Knows Gasoline

Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
Published on: May 03, 2019

Main Street Automotive, Inc. Tech Question On Your Fuel Pump

{{ image('MzM1') }} Main Street Automotive, Inc. Tech Question:I was driving on a local Placerville road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it star...
Published on: Apr 12, 2019

E85 Fuel Safety For Placerville Drivers

This automotive safety warning is coming from a very unusual source: fire fighting experts. You’ve probably heard of E-85 gasoline.  Some newer vehicle models are specifically built to run ...
Published on: Jun 21, 2018