Additives represent 15 to 20 percent of a gallon of oil with the balance being high-quality base oil. Additive packages play a key role in helping to keep an engine clean and protected from varnish ...

Under normal circumstances, most modern engine oil and gasoline brands work fine on their own to keep your engine running smoothly. But there may be cases where even the best of them could use a ...

Not up on zinkdialkyldithiophosphate? No problem. Grasp these points about engine oil additives and leave chemistry to the engineers. ConocoPhillips announced a startling claim last year: It had ...

As someone who's driven classic cars daily for around 15 years, as well as working on and restoring such cars throughout my education, I take vintage automotive maintenance very seriously. Many of ...

The new heavy-duty engine oil category, PC-12, is nearing the finish line. Here’s what fleet maintenance managers should know ...

In today’s cost-conscious times, supplementary engine and fuel additives promise means of cutting motoring costs. We study whether or not they really deliver Words: Rob Marshall Ever since the ...

Analyzing the oil in your vehicle is like sending your blood to the lab for tests. An engine oil analysis can provide clues about the health of your engine – without any invasive surgery. By analyzing ...

Dublin, Oct. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rlcllk/petroleum)has announced the addition of the ...

March 14, 2009 – We get a lot of press releases and most of them go directly to the bitslag bucket, but this one seems interesting, so take a look and let us know what you think. UPDATE: New Test: ...

Engine oil color reveals its age, contamination level, and operating condition. Fresh oil is amber or light brown. Oil ...

Back in the 1980's there was a Valvoline ad campaign using a series of laconic drivers at the wheel of cars fully invested in their smoking death throes who used the tag line "Motor oil is motor oil." ...