An oil analysis can help you identify possible problems a used vehicle might have, like coolant leaking into its engine. Getting an oil analysis can help you avoid purchasing a car that needs ...

When you take your vehicle in for an oil change — or change you oil yourself if you're so inclined — you probably don't give much thought to what's in the fluid being drained. It might not occur to ...

It has been said that oil analysis is 85 percent science and 15 percent art. The science part applies to such things as viscosity, the property in fluid that causes it to resist flow. Laboratory tests ...

Monitoring the engine oil, transmission or hydraulic fluid of construction equipment as it works at a jobsite is one of the challenges facing industry manufacturers. Biode, a manufacturer of viscosity ...

It’s getting harder to secure new—and even used—trucks as supply chain problems and other ripples from the COVID-19 pandemic slow down new vehicle production. Some industry analysts warn that a new ...

Imagine if you could look inside your Mustang's engine, transmission, and rear axle without taking anything apart. Your lubricants tell a very important story about what's going on inside when you ...

A broken connecting rod poking through the side of the block is a sure sign that something's not quite right inside an engine. So are unusual sounds from within, lower than normal oil pressure, and ...

For more than half a century, oil analysis laboratories have been the backbone of industrial reliability programs. From ...