The color of your car's engine oil can tell you a lot about its overall health, including alerting you to potentially ...

A small but familiar piece of hardware is disappearing from modern cars. Once a routine checkpoint for owners, it’s being ...

One of the big selling points of electric cars these days is they need less maintenance than an internal combustion-powered vehicle -- but low maintenance isn't the same as no maintenance, and that's ...

Technology, along with laziness and market research, is killing the oil dipstick. Is this important? Should you care? Will we miss it when it's gone? Yes, yes, and an emphatic yes. Here's why.

Got a low-oil warning light? It's bad to have too little oil in your engine, but it's also a problem if you add too much. So be careful not to overfill your engine. Also consult your owner's manual to ...

We here at Diesel Power feel bad every time we hear about one of you losing an engine. If the motor ran good for decades without many problems, we can accept the passing after a little mourning.

Scotty Kilmer, a mechanic of 55 years, has urged drivers to never buy a vehicle that does not have a certain feature that makes maintenance easy and affordable. One of the most popular mechanics on ...