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6806 Pine Forest Road, Pensacola, FL 32526 850.434.2889

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Time To Take Another Look at Diesels

{{ image('MzU1') }} If you haven't looked into diesel engines lately, you may be interested in today's post. Why should you care about modern diesel engines? Fuel efficiency, for starters. Because di...
Published on: Oct 11, 2023

Gasoline Direct Injection

{{ image('MzU0') }} Question:My new car has a “GDI” engine. What does that mean to me and other Pensacola vehicles with this new type of engine?Gary Sapp Automotive Answer:GDI stands for ...
Published on: Sep 27, 2023

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: Apr 09, 2023

Minimizing Blind Spots In Pensacola For Safer Driving

When we Pensacola travel around FL, 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 shou...
Published on: Oct 11, 2021

E85 Fuel Safety For Pensacola 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: Mar 07, 2021

Gary Sapp Automotive Tech Question On Your Fuel Pump

{{ image('MzM1') }} Gary Sapp Automotive Tech Question:I was driving on a local Pensacola road and my vehicle started sputtering. And then the engine finally quit and I couldn't get it started. I was...
Published on: Nov 02, 2020

Fuel System Service at Gary Sapp Automotive

Today's 
Gary Sapp Automotive 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. Somewhere alon...
Published on: Aug 24, 2019

Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning at Gary Sapp Automotive in Pensacola

A lot of gas is wasted in dirty fuel delivery systems.  Let’s start at the tank.  The gas tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years.  That’s why there’s a...
Published on: Aug 05, 2019