How Does an Engine Work? Before digging into this significant expense, it’s important to outline how an engine works. The engine is the heart of the car, truck, or SUV. The vehicle’s full function is ...

Modern internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — require a lot of special parts and systems to prevent dumping excess emissions into the atmosphere. Not only are those ...

An engine hoist isn’t a tool you’ll use every day, but it’s absolutely irreplaceable when your project car commands one. I mean, you can opt to try and lift the thing yourself but trust me, that’s no ...

Modern diesel engines perform exceptionally well at 1,100 to 1,200 rpm. They deliver peak torque just a few hundred rpm above idle, and peak horsepower somewhere around 1,500 or 1,600 rpm. But what ...

Cars with internal combustion engines — as opposed to electric vehicles, which still depend on a few fluids themselves — require various fluids to keep everything running smoothly. If you've been ...

Among diesel technicians, a few engines have earned a reputation for turning routine jobs into all-day battles, with cramped packaging, fragile components and baffling design choices that punish ...

Nobody wants a greasy, grimy engine. Like everything else on your vehicle, you want yours to be squeaky clean. But how do you clean your car engine safely and effectively? Let’s break down the process ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The engine bay under the hood is one of the dirtiest parts of a daily-driven car. But it's also one of the most neglected places to clean.

The story of how Honda developed an oval-piston race engine that ultimately failed but still made history along the way.

GE ramps up factories, MRO sites, and next-gen engine tech to meet soaring global jet-engine demand and support the booming LEAP fleet.