I might be in the minority of car owners, but I actually enjoy changing my oil. My local big box store has bargain prices for jugs of long-lasting full-synthetic oil and carries OEM filters, so I can ...

A small but telling change has taken place under the hoods of modern vehicles: reusable metal oil drain plugs are being replaced by single-use plastic ones. Once a durable, serviceable part of the car ...

Tom Kane faced a standard dilemma for a fixed ops director — efficiency vs. expense. The parts and service director for Universal Nissan and Universal Hyundai in Orlando wanted to stay competitive ...

Q: I have a 2004 Saturn Vue with a 3.5 liter V-6 engine and ia all-wheel-drive. I recently changed the engine oil. When I was removing the drain plug, some of the treads came out of the plug from the ...