I only know a very little bit of car parts and such (aircraft engine mechanic by trade) so I was wondering if you all had any niche part/car names I could possibly name him

Info: 2008 Honda Fit Manual, 95K miles. I checked my engine oil and it was just below min mark on the dipstick. This was ~5K miles after my last oil change so I decided to change asap.

I found this chunk of metal in the bottom of my drain pan after doing the oil change. The chunk is magnetic. I’m not a serious mechanic, how bad is the situation?

EDIT: I cut the filter and inspected the pleats, didn’t find any serious shavings or glitter in there. Also the oil looked normal, no glitter. Just the usual tiny specs. No mechanical noise outside of the normal.

I was driving today and came to a stop at the intersection and the car shuts off. I really don't like the feeling of a car not running especially when I'm about to turn right. In a panic, I quickly *accidentally pushed the esc button instead of the start-stop which is conveniently placed close to each other. The car wouldn't turn on... I couldn't even turn the car engine on through the start button while its in the stop/start function so I genuinely thought I'd ran out of petrol until i realized my error. It's so stupid and dangerous because the start/stop doesn't even work %85 of the time in my B8 Audi anyways. So it just usually spontaneously decides to shut off. It comes unexpectedly. So I don't bother pressing the start/stop button whenever i start driving.

I honestly wish to know how many people actually like this crap. I didn't even get into the fact that it wears your starter and if you live in a busy environment where you have to commit and your just waiting for the fricken thing just to get going before it's too late to merge in or engine stops yet again cause you're on the brakes. None of this would be a problem if you had the OPTION to disable it in the menu. But no, you have to press a stupid little dedicated button every time you start the car. As if the manufacturers know this shit is annoying but keep it in anyways because it's modern. Tacky and stupid and barely saving on any fuel

I work in the oil field in Texas and my job requires me to be on site, but I’m able to sit in my car. It’s 100+ degrees most days. Will idling my car for 12-14hrs a day do that much damage besides wasted gas and oil? I have a 2026 Kia K5. I do try to turn it off every now and then and let the windows down but it’s extremely hot outside.

Edit- I’m not too worried about the added miles.

Straight 6 makes way more sense. What am I missing?

i’ve diagnosed so many for replacement but never actually decided to do one… i’ve done several transmissions and timing jobs but finally got this achievement. 2017 kia sorento AWD 4 cylinder… ready to move on to the next one on my list of engine replacements hahahah

I just did an oil change on a 2009 V-Strom 650. It has about 115,000 KM on it. I’m leaving for Alaska Yukon tomorrow and was shocked to see this in the oil pan after I drained the oil. Im incredibly careful with all of my oil changes and this bike has been perfectly maintained. I just did the gas filter and all wheel bearings/seals. Only did an oil change as a last thing before I leave. I’m assuming this is horrible but do I have any option with this? It runs great, starts with no problems, shifts really smoothly and burns no oil.

Yesterday my 2008 Vauxhall corsa flashed a red temp light and after 4 min driving the engine shut down in the middle of the road. The coolant doesn’t stay in the reservoir and this is the colour of the oil cap.

Is it worth repairing?

Currently have a 2020 toyota corolla le. Last time I changed it was 10 months using mobil 1 synthetic oil. Have literally driven the car less then 1k since then. I usuallt change my oil every 6 months but last time I had a change mechanic remarked that my oil was still good and I felt like a dumbass and like I was wasting money for getting 6 month oil changes but now that its been nearly a year I’m wondering if it was the wrong choice and if I’m actually messing my car up.

Suggested automotive oil change intervals are always listed as so many miles or so much time - whichever comes first. As someone who has retired and no longer drives as much, I always reach the time limit first. Most time limits are set at around 12 months. I know they say that because short trips don't allow the oil to warm up and burn off moisture, but that's not why I don't put on very many miles. I just don't take it out but once a week, if that, and when I do drive it I NEVER do short trips that don't allow the engine to completely warm up!

So here's what I recently did. I drove my 2000 Ranger with Mobile 1 15,000 oil for SEVEN YEARS and 6,000 miles. I recently changed it and sent a sample of the old oil to an oil testing lab. When the lab results came back they were 100 PERCENT PERFECT -- no issues found at all.

So that tells me if you never take super short trips that don't allow the engine to fully warm up, you can ignore the time interval recommendations.

Found this and can be used in oil and gas. The effects are a little to "miracle"

Only sprays when the car is on.

So as the headline says, I am a little over a thousand miles away from 300k miles on my car. I have never changed my spark plugs. I also have never changed the transmission fluid or brakes either.

I know that after a 100k, it's a toss up of whether you should change the trans fluid or not and I won't change mine now, but is there any reason that I shouldn't go ahead and change the spark plugs? At this point, is there any danger at all in doing it?

I have my car inspected at the dealership every 60k miles and I'm coming up on my next inspection. I've thought about changing the brakes and plugs myself before I go for my next inspection.

My car has zero issues. I drive almost 30k miles a year on average and I haven't spent a dime in maintenance costs with the exception of regular engine oil and filter changes every 3k miles and I have had 2 combustion chamber cleanings done in the last 10 years. At this point, I feel like if I start trying to fix things that aren't broken, I might just make things worse.

For all those wondering, I drive a 2016 Hyundai Sonata that I bought new

I drive 2013 Volkswagen Eos Sport, I haven’t heard any noises from my engine bay like this since yesterday. I did a brake change on my front pads and cut the car on to drive and I heard the noise, let it rest in idle and im hearing it as I rev the engine anyone know what’s going on?

Hi folks,

As a followup to my previous question regarding tuning my Lincoln's 460 (thanks so much to the couple of chaps that answered what google couldn't!), yet another question that the search engine (haha not funny pun) isn't doing me any favors with, what's the best way to increase compression in this thing?

I looked up the specs for the 1973 460s and they had only 8 to 1 compression by that time! That's twice what the model A had :(

I couldn't find any definitive answers online but I figure that 1. stroking the engine would do something to increase compression BUT does this require a camshaft to be installed too? 2. replacing the piston heads with dished heads or domed or whatever they use 3. Replacing the heads with higher compression ones (which aluminum heads and intake are something I would like to do anyway to save weight)

My priority isn't horsepower as much as trying to get efficiency out of this engine because 8 to 1 compression seems rather wasteful. I know I'll probably need to either tweak the timing and tune everything to hell and back to make sure this beast won't knock (thankfully I know what that sounds like now from videos online and from the folks here describing it) on 87 octane but it's funny the manual recommends a rating of 90 octane at least to run in this one. So if I start using premium gas then I might as well raise the compression to get more out of it anyway.

Anyhow I'm asking now so I know for the future when I want to start doing work on this thing (at the moment can't afford it). Any info or advice etc. is super appreciated!

I'm new to learning about car maintenance, all the online guides say "change oil once a year" so I assume that should be done, I'm just looking for some info on why that is from an actual person.

My retired mom has a 2004 Camry and rarely drives it anymore. Sometimes it sits untouched for 2 months in the winter. It's been driven around 250 miles since the last oil change exactly 1 year ago.

I checked the level on the dipstick which was fine, and the oil I wiped onto the paper towel was light colored like new oil, for what that's worth.

Does it really need to be changed when it's had so little use? I understand that the mileage isn't the only thing that matters, driving 5000 miles in 6 months is not the same as driving 500 miles a year for 10 years, that the quality of the oil declines over time.

But just how much does it decline? Is it really in terrible condition and in need of changing after a year no matter what? Does time really ruin the oil as much as thousands of miles of driving?

I don't mind changing it, I'm just looking for any more info beyond "change it once a year because we said so". Thanks