The average car has around 30,000 parts and many fluids are used to keep them running properly. The most important fluids are motor oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, washer fluid and coolant.

Regularly checking your car’s coolant during summer is essential to prevent engine overheating and costly mechanical damage.

Checking all of your car’s key fluids takes less than ten minutes with the engine cold or recently cooled. The six fluids to check are engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, power steering fluid, ...

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Most cars don’t last 300,000 and that goes doubly for sports cars. But sports cars can absolutely live that long — if given proper care. “Use premium synthetic oil for sports cars if you want them to ...

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