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.

Every driver should know how to check and top off engine oil. Here's how to read the dipstick, add oil the right way, and keep your car running smoothly.

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

Thinking of changing your own oil? You might be able to save a nice chunk of change, but there are some potential headaches ...

It's important to check your owner's manual to find out how frequently you should change your oil. The old standard of changing your car's oil every 3,000 miles might not apply. Your father or ...

The numbers and letters on a bottle of motor oil can look like gibberish if you aren't sure how to decode them. 5W-30, 10W-40, 0W-20... What's this supposed to be telling you? Does the "W" stand for ...

Keeping a combustion-engined car in shape requires some effort. Part of that is changing the motor oil and filter on a regular basis to lubricate the moving metal components and keep the engine in ...

The new engineering analysis covers 286,000 vehicles that were part of NHTSA’s original investigation but weren’t covered ...

General Motors has issued a major recall for a range of full-size pickup and SUV models equipped with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, covering nearly 600,000 units in the U.S. The ...

A new video has hit the net claiming that the factory engine oil filter installed on the 6.6L V8 L5P turbodiesel Duramax under the hood of the Chevy Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD heavy-duty pickups ...