For a business owner, Microsoft Excel 2010 is an excellent program for creating charts and graphs to show changes in various aspects of the business. However, the program is only effective if you can ...

John’s post on Valvoline’s oil change interval survey results got the attention of our readers, so perhaps now it’s time for a slightly different perspective on the topic. If one accepts the fact that ...

Rather like tuning a piano, reducing exhaust emissions from a heavy diesel engine combines an artistic talent for adjusting the machinery with complex engineering. In general, fleet operators are the ...

I have been in the auto repair industry since 1972 … hummmm, a simple calculation of the math illustrates that I have been in car repair for, uh, well, let’s not go there. It makes me depressed. You ...

NASHVILLE – Cummins says X15 Efficiency Series and X15 Performance Series engine owners can extend their oil drain intervals up to 80,000 miles using the free Cummins OilGuard program, which uses ...

Is there any nugget of shade tree mechanic wisdom more cherished than the 3,000-mile oil change interval? Passed down from one generation to the next, the idea that the single best strategy for ...

Historically, owner-operators have been religious about changing oil in their trucks at low-mileage intervals. At the same time, advancements in engine and oil technologies have allowed engine ...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is releasing new oil change filters that extend drain intervals to 1,000 hours for articulated haulers, wheel loaders, and excavators. Longer intervals save ...

Towing can significantly impact a vehicle’s engine performance and longevity, necessitating shorter oil-change intervals to ...