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Cummins to pay $1.67 billion fine for installing devices on hundreds of thousands of engines to allow them to emit excess pollution It will be the largest-ever civil penalty for a Clean Air Act violation, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

Here is the UOA results for my 2018 Avalon with the 2GR-FE, 12,528 miles on this run. I'm also including an earlier analysis that I thought I had previously posted but I wasn't able to locate the thread. Filters were either Fram XG9972 or Mobil1 M1C-251A. Normally I wouldn't go much beyond 10k...

So my weekend adventure of new rear struts, sway bar links and sway bar bushings on the 2009 Camry beater went nearly flawlessly. Until I spun off the head of one of the bracket bolts for the sway bar bushings. So I tried to drill out the broken bolt and Murphy's law struck so now I have a...

I'm a Harbor Freight customer and many of their tools are just about right for my shade tree antics. That being said, please please please, don't use the Harbor Freight jack stands. Nearly 2,000,000 have been recalled for poor workmanship and worn tooling. Stay safe out there. Cheers!!!

Ok, so here is a picture of my recently acquired Honda key fob and you can see that the phillips head screw that hold the thing together is stripped. I've tried loosening it with 2 or 3 different small screw drivers but so far no luck. Any ideas on how to get this apart short of drilling the...

Here's an interesting study of 16 million used car transactions. Data was gathered on which car models are kept by owners for more than 200,000 miles. Not only did Toyota dominate the list of car segments, they also took the slot for full sized pickup trucks. TorqueNews wrote the article but...

Looking for information from people that have tried the Moog complete wheel bearing / hub / knuckle assemblies. I'm looking at one for an '09 Camry beater. Currently $217 from Rock Auto. For comparison, an SKF wheel bearing and hub is $127. I don't have access to a press so getting the old...

So I ran across a fascinating series on YouTube titled simply 'Fred'. It's a 7 episode series about Fred Dibnah, a salt of the earth British steeplejack that was filmed in the early 1980s. Here's a man that lives by his wits and the skills of a tradesman.

So there seems to be many threads here on the topic of counterfeit Honda A01 filters. I find this interesting because I can't think of an occasion where there was a thread around a counterfeit Ultra/TG/Boss/Pureone/Amsoil/Wix/Napa Platinum or Gold. What gives? How come the counterfeiters aren't...

Like the title says... This is Grace Braeger and her '57 Chevy. It's the only car she's ever owned! Can you guess what her OCI is before you watch? She states the OCI in the second half of the video.

OK, so as part of my quest to replace my long overdue current ride, I've made my way through several models that interest me. I'm down to one or two that I'll likely choose from over the next few months. That brings us to the monthly payment. I'm in a spot where I can make a reasonable down...

Does anyone have experience with 48 Hours And A Used Car on Facebook? The concept is that you send him your purchase preference, i.e. 2016 Camry, under 30k miles, color, trim, etc..... He then goes and buys it at auction and charges $500 more than auction price. Carfax included. Auction...

Here are two reports from the the old standby 2003 Camry with the 1MZ-FE V6. The first is at approx 200,000 miles with 5,000 miles on Mobil 1 5w-30 EP. This report is from April 2015. The second report is for the same vehicle. We've made it up to 260,000 mi and this run was approx 10,000 miles...

Here's a nifty little article on the development of a fully digital valve train using digitally driven camshafts and desmodromic cams. Digital Valve Trains They have bulit and dyno'd several working models and claim they're targeting the existing market to add their technology to help...