DETROIT - In the latest example of Volkswagen of America Inc.'s quality woes, the automaker is warning 426,000 VW Passat and Audi A4 owners of an engine oil sludge problem. Affected are 1.8-liter ...
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8 reasons why your engine oil turns black so fast
Engine oil turns black from a combination of combustion byproducts, heat oxidation, and detergent additives suspending carbon ...
A killer may live in your car, choking the life from your engine, regardless of maintenance or mileage. And the automakers who know of its potential for damage aren’t always eager to help. Created ...
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Can Oil Go Bad Just Sitting In Your Engine?
Many car owners think oil only fails when the miles rack up. Wrong. Even when your ride sits for months, oil ages and degrade. Factors like exposure to condensation, temperature swings, and ...
DETROIT -- An inexpensive device that checks the condition of engine oil and warns the driver when it's time for an oil change could help Volkswagen of America Inc. and the Chrysler group avoid future ...
DETROIT - In the latest example of Volkswagen of America Inc.'s quality woes, the automaker is warning 426,000 VW Passat and Audi A4 owners of an engine oil sludge problem. Affected are 1.8-liter ...
After servicing a 2018 Ford Edge, a mechanic decided to alert its followers about the potential risk of engine sludge. Featured Video Sherwood Cooke Jr. and Sherwood Cooke III, father and son duo ...
LOS ANGELES - In September 1999, Maggie Alemany, a 47-year-old medical transcriptionist, drove off the lot of Kendall Toyota in Miami with a new 2000 Toyota Sienna minivan equipped with a 3.0-liter ...
Toyota Motor Corp., plagued for years by claims that engines in some of its most popular vehicles were subject to damaging oil sludge buildup, has settled a class-action lawsuit over the issue. The ...
Q Could you please settle a debate? Is it better to let your engine warm up for two or three minutes in the morning before driving or just put it in drive and go? – Sandra Bolin A In our father’s day ...
This may sound like something out of the original "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" TV series, but you can tell a lot about engine health by pulling out the dipstick, reading the oil level, and ...
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