How to Make Your Car Last Forever: Avoid Expensive Repairs, Improve Fuel Economy, Understand Your Warranty, Save Money

OIL, FUEL, AND AIR FILTERS Oil, fuel, and air filter changes are absolutely vital for efficient fuel mileage, ...

A typical automotive oil filter: Oil filters come in many shapes and sizes. Oil filter configuration depends on e ...

A typical transmission filter: Transmission fluid is nothing more than hydraulic oil designed to produce ...

to 35,000-mile range. New technologies allow for a complete transmission flush. Old fluid is flushed out and n ...

A typical automotive air filter: Because of fuel injection, never before has the air filter been so important ...

A typical automotive fuel filter: A small yet critical member of the fuel delivery system, the fuel filt ...

ENGINE PERFORMANCE SYSTEM Today, most cars’ ignition systems have far fewer parts than their predecessors. ...

BELTS AND HOSES The drive belts and hoses on your car degrade over time because they are made of rubber. H ...

A typical serpentine belt with tensioner: The serpentine belt is a long belt that snakes its way thro ...

Most timing belt systems are made up of a rubber belt, drive cogs that are bolted to the cam, and ...

As you can see, the path that the timing belt must travel is a perilous one, to say the least. There ...

CHASSIS LUBRICATION Your car has lube points throughout the steering, suspension, and driveline. These points must ...

DRIVERS ASK, TOM ANSWERS: MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS SOLVED Dear Tom, Q Does a car get better gas mileage with 89 ...

Tom Tom, Q I was reading about your article regarding oil changes in automotive engines at CNN.com and I have a ...

Texas Texas, A On the contrary, today’s engines use high-detergent oil. That is how they stay clean of sludge ...

Tom Tom, Q Is fuel system cleaning really necessary? If so, at what mileage? Or is it a “fluffy“ extra ...

Tom Greetings Tom, Q When paying an aftermarket retailer to order a catalytic converter for me, can I be a ...

Tom Photo credit: Shutterstock Tom, Q I’ve searched for an answer to this question, and absolutely no one seem ...

Tom Dear Tom, Q When would be the proper time for a tune-up on a 2005 Chevy Equinox? I bought it bran ...

Bruno from The Bronx Bruno from The Bronx, A There is no specific tune-up schedule for your vehicle. A ...