Taking care of your vehicle is vital to ensure it stays in great condition. Your brakes could give you trouble someday, or your suspension could require tinkering, inevitably leading you to an auto ...

A small gap with big importance in the performance and health of an engine - here's everything you need to know.

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb ...

The 'Intelligent Valve Actuation ( IVA)' system that operates the intake and exhaust valves that are arguably installed in gasoline and diesel engines with only the power of an electric motor is a ...

Popping the hood of a new Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing must have been quite an experience for most enthusiasts in the Fifties. For starters, the 3.0-liter straight-six sat canted at a fifty degree ...

Variable Valve Timing-Intelligence, or VVT-i, is a variable valve-timing system developed by Toyota that debuted in the 1990s. VVT-i uses input from sensors and driving conditions to improve engine ...

In a typical four-stroke cycle engine, it is virtually impossible to avoid some form of contamination in otherwise combustible air/fuel charges. But before we dig into the effects of such ...

The choke valve in an engine's carburetor, whether it's a Holley carburetor or another brand, helps a cold engine start by restricting some of the airflow into it. When the engine is cold, the choke ...

Hyundai claims it has created the world's first Continuously Variable Valve Duration (CVVD) engine technology, which it says increases engine performance by 4 percent and efficiency by 5 percent. The ...