There are many car maintenance tasks that you can do yourself without much difficulty. An important one is cleaning and maintaining your car’s air filter. This filter is important because it allows ...

Is your lawn mower not cranking after sitting all winter? It may be as simple as cleaning the carburetor, and cleaning one is ...

Let's face it: not everyone is comfortable cleaning their car's engine bay. Unless you are a mechanic or very hands-on with auto maintenance, it can be nerve-wracking to mess around with the ...

We are moving on from the shortest days and coldest weather now. So, while we're still a far cry away from long summer nights and toasty temperatures, it is starting to become a little more ...

Late model cars take a certain care to clean the engine bay. There are electronics you have to avoid as well as potential hazards that must be taken into account. Using too much aggression while ...

My Mitsubishi Montero has had a fun year of hauling dogs and camping around New York’s Hudson Valley. Now that cold weather is here and snow is a reality soon, I’m pulling it off the road to give it a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nobody wants a vehicle that succumbs to the terrible effects of wear and tear. When you have something that is utilizing a tremendous amount ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

Thanks to the Clean Air Act of 1970, all cars sold in the US after 1975 must have catalytic converters (cats) installed on them. That means that if you drive a relatively modern car, it should have ...

Fuel injectors don't just deliver fuel. They meter it, shaping the spray so the air-fuel mixture burns in the way the engine wants it to. When deposits build up, injector fuel flow can decrease and ...