Some mechanics might try to sell you a new air filter, claiming a clogged one will hurt gas mileage, but for most customers, ...

You probably don't think much about changing your fuel filter unless your car's performance seems a little sluggish. It's not a part of most drivers' maintenance routines, like changing the oil or ...

Ken Stirn, senior product manager of Baldwin Filters, Kearney, Neb., says you’ll normally be safe with fuel filters if you change “according to manufacturers’ recommendations.” He states that a common ...

The wrench is turned over to this position to tighten the filter. As if it were administering the notorious Chinese water torture, H20 in your fuel system can destroy the interior of your engine, drop ...

Fuel filters do exactly what their name implies — they filter impurities out of the fuel. As the fuel passes along the fuel line on its way to the fuel injectors (or carburetor), it passes through the ...

Your car engine doesn't like to breathe through a pillow any more than you would. It needs oxygen just as badly as you need air during a sprint. But the thing is, your car's engine doesn't just inhale ...

This story appears in the Jan. 18 print edition of Transport Topics. Tightening federal standards for truck emissions, including particulates, nitrogen oxides and, most recently, carbon dioxide, have ...