How to Check Your Oil (Correctly)

Perhaps the most important maintenance you can perform yourself – are you doing it right, or at all?

By Adam Brewton / Illustrations By Andrew Snavely

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Adam Brewton

Adam currently serves as the supervisor of Student Services for Columbia Southern University. His hobbies include adventure racing, anything involving the outdoors, and zombies. He spends his free time enjoying all of these things with his wife and two dogs.

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