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What You May Not Know About Ethanol & Computerized Engine Control
All modern vehicles are equipped with computerized engine controls to reduce emissions and maximize fuel economy and performance. When oxygenates...
Cars and Light Trucks (10)
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Healthy Oil Series: 6 Quick Lube Pitfalls-Get the Best Oil Change
Even as vehicles have gotten more sophisticated in the last 20 years, there’s still one piece of important maintenance that almost anyone can still...
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Healthy Oil Series: Is Synthetic Oil Worth It?
The automakers of many newer vehicles are recommending use of synthetic oils in those vehicles. Synthetic oils cost more which leads some consumers...
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Healthy Oil Series: What's Severe Service For My Engine Oil?
It’s been recommended that you only need to change your oil as often as it specifies in your vehicle’s owners manual. Most cars and light trucks will...
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Healthy Oil Series: How Often Should I Change My Oil?
Change your oil every 3 months or 3,000 miles. You hear the commercials from oil change quick-lube places repeating this. Do you really need to...
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Healthy Oil Series: Combating and Removing Engine Oil Sludge
Its time to look at this issue of “engine oil sludge” – what it is and, more importantly, whether you should be concerned about it in your engine....
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Are Anti-Ethanol Treatments Worth It?
Readers of the September 3rd, 2011 Sunday edition of the Orlando Sentinel were treated to a piece by regular columnist Stephen Cole Smith, asking the...
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Beat The Summer Driving Heat - Should you let your car idle and more.
Half the country is currently in the grips of a major heat waves, with triple digit temperatures and heat indexes all across the nation.
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We Like Ike's Interstates! Better summer road trips for 55 years.
Happy 55th birthday to the Federal Interstate System!
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Changing Your Oil In The Summer - Summer Car Care Tip
The summer driving season is expensive. More families take long trips and gas prices are highest, both because of increased demand and because...