Consumers saddled with sludge-clogged Toyota engines may soon get some help from the Japanese auto giant under the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement that covers roughly 3.5 million Toyota and ...

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. has reached a tentative agreement to settle a nationwide class action by Toyota and Lexus owners who complained their car engines were damaged by oil sludge. A federal ...

You won't ever have to think about boiling the motor oil of your car's engine since the engine will most likely seize, stall, or blow itself up from within before the oil gets a chance to boil. The ...

Exhaust smoke color is one of the fastest ways to spot a sick engine — white, blue, and black each tell a different story. Sellers sometimes clear dashboard warning codes before a sale, but a simple ...

Modern engines are lasting longer than ever, yet independent mechanics keep seeing the same self-inflicted failure: owners ...

Motor oil is the lifeblood of your car's engine. Not only does it provide lubrication for all of your engine's internal moving parts — of which there are massive amounts — but it also works like a ...

If you're like most drivers, you probably believe that keeping up with oil changes is sufficient to maintain the health of your vehicle's engine. Even with routine oil changes, some bad habits could ...