Your engine is simpler than you think and only four things separate it from becoming a good-for-nothing lump of aluminum: fuel, air, spark and compression. Smoke billowing from the back of your hoopty ...

Compression in a diesel engine is essential for effective and efficient performance. And when compression is lacking, damage can result. That is why it’s imperative to know whether your engine’s ...

Want to know how healthy or unhealthy your engine really is? Get yourself a compression tester and find out. Despite how complex many modern vehicles are, you can do many common repair and maintenance ...

N issan’s original variable-compression powerplant is an absolute marvel of engineering. This little four-cylinder wonder is ...

Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

One of the key variables for an internal combustion engine is its compression ratio. This is the ratio of the maximum volume within the cylinder (when the piston is at bottom dead center) and the ...

Your car's internal combustion engine relies on a huge number of large, small, and oddly-shaped parts. One of the biggest and most important parts of your motor is the engine block or cylinder block, ...

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card. A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are reasons ...

The cause of "white exhaust smoke syndrome" could be as innocuous as water in the exhaust pipes condensing and boiling off or as serious as a cracked head or block. You can narrow down the cause by ...

Low- And High-Compression Fuel Economy Engines: The Techniques Are About The Same, But The Approach To Each Is Somewhat Different. A.Most stock cylinder heads have factory-cut undercuts of the type ...

Car manufacturers are delving deep into their boxes of tricks to make internal combustion engines more efficient. Infiniti unveiled a variable compression ratio engine last year, and hybrid technology ...