It wasn’t all that long ago when owning a car was a real hands-on experience. Carburetors, points and condensers, spark plugs that only lasted a few thousand miles, single-weight oil and ...

Dear Tom and Ray: You recently answered a question about whether it's harmful to let your gas tank run down to empty. You said it's not harmful to the car, and it won't cause any damage. Eric Peters, ...

If you drive a 1999-2010 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450 Super Duty pickup, F-550 diesel cab and chassis, diesel E-Series van, or Class C motorhome, you should know about an issue that can affect the fuel ...

Q: The plastic windshield-washer-fluid reservoir in my RV has a 2-inch-long crack in it. I suspect this happened last winter when the year-old water in it froze solid. The RV dealer near me has gone ...

We wouldn’t be surprised if the average driver thinks of a vehicle’s fuel tank as roughly the technological equivalent of a bucket. In today’s world of ever-stricter emissions regulations—which also ...

Oak Brook, Ill. — Plastic offers advantages over metal for automotive fuel filler pipes, the pipe that leads from the gas pump nozzle to your car's fuel tank, a Ford Motor Co. executive said at the ...

Drivers in Washington state are cutting down on road trips and using less gas because of soaring prices at the pump. CRAIG KOHLRUSS [email protected] As gas prices rose dramatically in early ...