CR shares five things to know about oil changes for your car, including when and how often to change the motor oil and ...

Oil is the lifeblood of your car’s engine. Staying on top of your oil status may be a car owner’s most important maintenance task. It’s a check that remains relatively simple despite other areas of ...

Consumer Reports presents the advantages and downsides of using synthetic oil in your car, and why you might want to consider ...

Q: My son-in-law was checking the transmission fluid in his 2005 Toyota Highlander. He checked it with the engine off, which usually shows the fluid is much higher on the dip stick. My thinking is, on ...

According to Fullyglued, he left his 2023 Hyundai Palisade in his garage for 16 hours before checking the dipstick. When he first checked, the dipstick read that his oil level was a little low. But ...

Checking and adding engine oil is easy. Follow these simple steps to read the dipstick, top off oil, and pick the right type ...

Of the many automotive fluids that your car uses, one of the most well-known and important is engine oil. Most people ...

Internal combustion engines need the correct oil level to run harmoniously. Too much or too little oil could harm engine longevity and performance. For instance, continuously driving with an engine ...

Where Is the Oil in a Car and What Does it Do? The typical engine has a large oil reservoir (the crankcase) that holds several quarts of oil. The oil is drawn from the crankcase oil pan into a tube ...

When an engine has too little oil, bad things can happen: Friction between moving parts increases, the engine may run hotter and, worst case, moving parts seize when they become starved for ...

Synthetic oil used to be something only performance cars needed, but not anymore. Now it’s the manufacturer-recommended engine lubricant in many mainstream vehicles, such as the Subaru Forester and ...