That’s a lesson one Mazda owner in Canada learned the hard way as a simple C$120 (US$90) oil change snowballed into a C$6,000 (US$4,330) nightmare repair bill. More: Bricked Screens, Greasy ...

Out of the four cars I own, there's only really one that can be considered "modern," and next year it'll be old enough to get Bar Mitzvah'd. Still, I have a kid now, and that means I really should ...

The oil pan on our northern Illinois-based ’02 Ford F-250 4x4 had this problem. Oil was seeping from the bottom of the pan due to corrosion caused by 13 winters. It had actually been leaking for the ...

Mustang oil pans tend to be vulnerable to damage from road debris, humongous speed bumps, deep dips in the road, and careless handling by sloppy mechanics with monkey wrenches. Some gearheads use them ...

If you buy a newer car, chances are you'll discover it's been made with a plastic oil pan instead of a metal one. Here's what ...

I recently took in my 1998 Toyota Camry LE for a oil change at my local Toyota dealership. When the technician was removing the oil plug he stripped the threads on the oil pan's drain plug. They said ...

As for why, Leonard figures that Take 5 had replaced his old drain plug with one that was either defective or the wrong model ...

The T212R and T212RNS are oil drain valves made specifically for the Caterpillar ACERT engine oil pans and fit models such as the C-13 and C-15. They feature single-piece installation, meaning the ...