The seemingly routine engine teardown uncovers shattered pistons, toasted bearings, and dealer trickery disguised as ...

Overbuilt and understressed, this 80-Series 1FZ-FE 4.5-liter six-cylinder engine has gone "around the world" almost 14 times.

Even after 343,000 miles and a major crash, the 1FZ-FE still showed clean internals, balanced wear, and a bottom end that ...

W hen Ami drove her newly purchased used car off the lot, she thought she was set. Instead, she ended up with a blown engine, a $30,000 loan and a $6,000 warranty that won’t pay up — and now she’s ...

Toyota enjoys a reputation that is linked to reliability, so learning about the occasional engine failure is surprising, right? Well, what most people do not talk about is the link between maintenance ...

BMW's N63 twin-turbo V8 engine fails before 100,000 miles with $15,000+ repair bills, making German luxury cars unreliable ...

Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the M60 series, the M62 has a plethora of issues. Updated in 1998, the V8 motor is notorious for the poorly designed cooling up, VANOS problems, oil leaks, and ...

A company called Shift gets polluting vehicles off Colorado roads for good and helps auto parts dealers recycle all the ...