Many diesel engines use two fuel filters because these systems are especially vulnerable to contaminants, due to the high pressures at which they operate.
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- "Take your child to work day" can be either awesome or awful, depending on the situation. This one is squarely on the awful side.
- While CarMax usually honors its online offer within 7 days, your car's condition, mileage, and history can swing values, and owners have very mixed experiences.
- Discover why the Merkur XR4Ti—Ford’s brilliant, turbocharged import of the Euro Sierra—ultimately failed in America despite its cult-classic awesomeness.
- The airline didn't discover "anomalies" in his license documentation until 2025, the same year that the pilot retired.
- A recent poll shows that most adults expect gas prices to get worse in the next year, including Independents and even a significant percentage of Republicans.
- Even worse, gas isn't the only thing petroleum's used for, and we all know what happens to cost when supply disappears.
- Heavy-hitter former executives have lost faith in Mibe, but he's still backed by the board of directors, so he's been able to withstand the pressure, for now.
- It's safe to say that the Japanese Bubble Economy, albeit a pain for Japan when things finally collapsed, was a boon to the car enthusiast community.
- GPS is a pretty critical infrastructure system. Air travel, electricity grids and even cellular communications rely on GPS to some degree.
- Folks, it's once again time to gather 'round the QOTD tree and exchange gripes and grumbles.
- Plus Harley Davidson's dumb war with Indian, Mercedes' new electric motors, and Honda's latest big recall.
