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An engine’s need for the best possible lubrication is obvious, but these days everybody wants to extend the oil-drain period as long as they can. Trouble is, the lube’s critically important additive ...
To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...
If you’ve ever wondered what a 2014 Lexus ES 350 sounds like when it’s driven at 55 mph without any oil in its engine, Gregory Greer has your answer. The noise, Greer said, is “like an earthquake, ...
Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...
The oil you put in your engine matters. After all, your engine contains many moving parts that must remain lubricated to work properly. Otherwise, your engine could develop some serious wear and tear.
Every year, the United States generates 25 million tons of plastic waste, but only about 1 million tons of it gets recycled. To make better use of this vast waste stream, chemists at Chevron and the ...
ABSTRACT In the Diesel sector the fatty acid methyl esters (FAME’s) - in Europe mostly RME *) (rapeseed methyl ester) and in US mostly SME (soja oil methyl ester) - are used as a various share, % ...
Jennifer DuMont thought she was getting a simple oil change. — -- Jennifer DuMont of Maryland thought she was getting a simple oil change. But when the tech forgot to put new oil in her SUV, the ...
Vietnam veteran Wayne Crowder will tell just about anyone who will listen that it was the most expensive oil change he had ever seen. When a new Jiffy Lube opened up on East Ellendale Avenue in his ...
The lube giants – Mobil, Total, MRS, Forte Oil, Lubcon, Ascon Oil, Honeywell, V-Gold, Techno oil, and Pepco are set to upstage one another at the forthcoming Ninth Lagos Motor Fair/ Third Auto parts ...