Of all the advanced technologies that have impacted the automobile, some of the most significant, and perhaps the most seldom recognized, are the advancements in lubricants. And while modern engines, ...

Your car is a very important entity in the smooth functioning of your daily life. Whether it is the morning school run to drop the kids off to school, or the office run when you sit in the ...

On-highway diesel prices have caused significant pain for all types of fleets this year. In pursuit of protecting the bottom line, fleet managers should be looking at any and all ways to boost fuel ...

Your engine oil warning light turns ON and you drive to a gas station. The mechanic puts in regular oil in your engine. You go home and tell your husband about the oil adding when he tells you he did ...

Home mechanics have been pouring vegetable oil into engines for years, sometimes in the fuel tank, sometimes straight into ...

Engines are incredibly complex pieces of precision engineering. They operate within extremely fine tolerances, with components spinning at thousands of RPM for hours without missing a beat. The key to ...

This story appears in the April 1 print edition of Transport Topics. Engine-oil drain intervals are generally lengthening as lubricants and engines improve, but fleet managers still face the dilemma ...