Does Your Car Need Different Oil for Winter?
You could be inadvertently damaging your engine with every cold winter start. For this reason, automakers may recommend using a different oil for winter.
Smooth Running: Engine Lubrication System Basics
If the rumbling heart of your vehicle is the engine, then the heart of your engine is the oil pump, at the center of the engine lubrication system.
What Causes Oil Filter Bloat?
Occasionally, you may remove a spin-on oil filter to find that it has become bloated at or near the top of the can. Because no other damage is evident, other … Continue Reading What Causes Oil Filter Bloat?
What Causes Oil Filter Collapse?
What happen when a spin-on filter is removed from service and upon inspection it is noted that the filter has collapsed in on itself. Why? What has caused this condition? What … Continue Reading What Causes Oil Filter Collapse?
Failing Oil Pressure Sensor? Here Are the Warning Signs
A bad oil pressure sensor can be dangerous if left unchanged. Here are 3 signs that your oil pressure sensure is on the way out.
How Does an Oil Pump Work?
Wondering how an oil pump contributes to the overall health and operation of your vehicle’s engine? The short version has to do with the need to maintain steady oil pressure inside your motor in order to keep lubricant flowing to each and every component, crevice and channel built into the unit…