A 2024 Toyota RAV4 owner checked his oil after just 5,000 miles and found it "filthy." This raises a critical question for ...

Sure, you want to save money, but you also don't want to mess up your engine. Should you change your oil every few months, or every few thousand miles?

(ARA) - For years, 3,000 miles was touted as the optimum interval for changing your motor oil and filter. It's also an oil change interval that continues to be encouraged by the automotive oil change ...

John’s post on Valvoline’s oil change interval survey results got the attention of our readers, so perhaps now it’s time for a slightly different perspective on the topic. If one accepts the fact that ...

I have a friend who was particularly obsessed with changing the oil every 5,000 kilometers. He believed that cars should be ...

Maintaining engine lubricating oil is a very important element in stretching the productive life of engines. “First and foremost, engine oil provides lubrication which keeps moving parts apart; ...

While changing your oil every 3,000 miles was standard practice many years ago, modern lubricants and advances in engine materials and tolerances have largely made that frequency unnecessary. So, is ...

We can thank advertising for our belief that crankcase oil loses its efficacy after only 3,000 miles. Sure, if you driving style is purely short trips (so the engine never warms) in harsh climates ...

Harley-Davidson motorcycles require a handful of primary lubricant services. Here's how to determine when it's time to ...

Fallert and mechanic, Bob Lurk, agree that wear on pistons and cylinders liners is no worse in an engine that worked half its life with 350-hour oil changes than the same model serviced every 225 ...