Honda and Acura vehicles have had oil life indicators on them for about a decade. These oil life indicator devices keep track of how long the crankcase oil can stay in the engine and base it on a percentage of ‘oil life remaining’. The Owners Manual indicates that proper maintenance should include changing the engine […]

Common consumer ideology is a car can be purchased, filled with fuel once a week and driven with few (if any)  additional costs associated with maintenance or repair. This Utopian, naïve notion is anything but true. Every mechanical apparatus needs to be maintained and kept up. The more complex (the amount of internally lubricated moving parts) the more one should expect […]