If you've handled plenty of DIY jobs on your car, changing the oil seems simple enough. Still, it's easy to overdo it and wind up with too much in the crankcase. If you change your oil while parked on ...

To understand how overfilling your engine oil is too much of a good thing, it’s helpful to provide a little background. Engines are comprised of hundreds of precision-crafted parts working in unison ...

Before exploring the causes of excessive oil consumption, it is helpful to point out that all engines consume some oil through normal operation. Your engine oil forms a lubricating film between the ...

Do you often find that your oil level is lower than you expect when you check it, or do you get a lot of grief from the tech at the oil change shop about your oil change intervals? If so, your engine ...

It’s not just the mega-mileage ’75 F-100 blowing blue smoke out the tailpipe any more. Over the past decade a large number of low-mileage, late-model car and truck engines have been consuming ...