With the exception of electric vehicles, all other cars (including your hybrid) have an oil filter. Regarding routine maintenance, the engine oil and oil filter are items that need to be replaced more ...

When you need to change your oil filter, it's tempting to skip the messy oil change and just swap the filter, but is that the right thing to do?

I have been in the auto repair industry since 1972 … hummmm, a simple calculation of the math illustrates that I have been in car repair for, uh, well, let’s not go there. It makes me depressed. You ...

Engine oil turns black from a combination of combustion byproducts, heat oxidation, and detergent additives suspending carbon particles in the fluid. Black oil is not automatically a sign of a problem ...

For most vehicle owners, oil changes are treated as a routine maintenance task, whether they’re done at home or at an oil change shop. But according to an auto ...

Changing a car’s oil is something everyone should know how to do. Fresh oil is essential for keeping your engine healthy, and swapping it out at manufacturer-suggested intervals is easy enough that ...

Changing the oil on most vehicles is a straightforward process. But what if you decide to change the oil without turning off the engine? Well, that would be unwise, to say the least. You risk damaging ...

Some folks impacted by the L87 engine recall should now be running an updated oil spec, which has us wondering - how's your unreplaced L87 engine doing so far?

Car maintenance can be as difficult as it is messy. This is primarily because there are just so many fluids involved. Fluids of the darkest, stickiest, most potentially dangerous sort, in many cases.