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The Electronic Spark Control, also called the Knock Sensor, is an electronic device built by General Motors to help regulate the timing inside of the engine. When combustion inside the engine does...

Relocating the oil filter on your vehicle can offer a cleaner engine compartment, an easier to reach location for the filter and the ability to add a second filter or a larger filter to your...

The differences between the 1999 through 2002 Volkswagen Jetta GL and Jetta GLS models are limited to the engine and performance. Body styles and dimensions remain essentially the same between the...

The time has come. You finally dug that old riding mower out of the garage to turn it into a go-kart. For the mechanically inclined, the following steps for converting the engine might seem...

The Chevy 400-cubic-inch engine was produced from 1970 to 1980. It was the largest member of the General Motors small block engine family that includes motors with cubic inch displacements ranging...

Developed as a joint venture between Japanese automaker Suzuki and American automaker General Motors, the Geo Metro was sold in the United States from 1989 to 1997, when it was renamed the...

The 5.7-liter General Motors 350 engine has been one of GM's most enduring engines since 1967. Used primarily in passenger cars, it has also found its way into GMC and Chevy trucks.

The Ford Model T was a popular automobile produced between 1908 and 1927 by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company. Available in several different body styles and trim levels, the Model T was the first...

If you feel an unusual knocking in your car, especially at high speeds, the problem may be a faulty knock sensor. This is an important engine part that serves two main purposes.

Go-karts are light frame carts designed to be driven by low-horsepower engines. They are machines that can be built for next to nothing and are a great choice for a high school project. Building a...

General Motors' Northstar engine is the automaker's technologically advanced powerplant originating from the Corvette LT5 all-aluminum V-8. Designed by the performance-oriented Lotus, the...

The Mazda CX-7 and Nissan Rogue are similar-sized crossover vehicles, although the CX-7 is rated a mid-size and the Rogue a compact crossover. The crossover is a passenger car-based vehicle with...

Most people may never encounter an engine hour meter, but you'll find hour meters employed in applications ranging from airplanes to generators. Engine hour meters are used for warranty and...

A digital motor electronics (DME) is a computer system or microprocessor that is integrated with an automobile's engine. The DME monitors and controls the functionality of key engine components...

The compact car, identified as a small car in Europe, falls between the mid-size and the sub-compact vehicles. Typically a Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Chrysler PT Cruiser and the Audi A3 fall...

The Nissan Altima and the Honda Civic offer plenty of standard features with a price tag of less than $20,000. The Altima offers a bigger engine and more options that gets near the luxury...

The Hyundai Motor Company manufactures a range of passenger vehicles for the North American market. The company was founded in 1967 and began exporting cars to the United States in 1986. Before...

Carburetors help to mix air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. Karl Benz invented the part, and later patented it in 1886. This component uses Bernoulli's principle--the faster air flows,...

A logical place to start when describing the V-8 engine is the crankshaft. The crankshaft is just that, a crank arranged along a shaft. Actually it's a set of cranks, one for each cylinder in the...

Engines utilize internal combustion of fuel through an oxidizer inside the combustion chamber at high temperatures and pressure. The forces cause the parts inside the engine such as the pistons or...

As you know with Cash for Clunkers program, dealers who receive cars in exchange for the rebate money, can not resell the cars. The engine and transmission must be destroyed and parts can be sold...

The Chrysler Corporation, now Chrysler LLC, began producing Dodge vans in 1964. The A-100 Series van was manufactured through 1970 and replaced by the B-Series. The B-Series was named the Ram van...

The smart fortwo is a subcompact two-seater car produced by smart, a subsidiary of the Germany-based Daimler AG. Powered by a 3-cylinder engine and weighing a mere 1,600 pounds, it can achieve up...

The Dodge 318 V-8 engine was produced by the Flint, Michigan-based Chrysler Corporation, now Chrysler LLC, from 1967 to 2002. The 318 was not just limited to Dodges, but also powered Plymouth and...

The Chevy 350 is a 350-cubic-inch V-8 engine produced by the Detroit-based General Motors from 1967 to 2003. It is part of the small-block V-8 engine family that originated in 1955 with the 265-ci...

The Citroen C1 is a small car produced by French automaker Citroen. The C1 model has been available since 2005. It has been modified very little since its original introduction, though small...

The German engineer Felix Wankel (1902 to 1988) developed his rotary engine concept during the 1950s. However, Hanns Dieter Paschke built the first Wankel rotary engine model in 1957. The smooth...

Carburetors were invented in the late-nineteenth century. Since then, carburetor technology has evolved and variations on the original design have been used to produce engines with increased power...

Many car enthusiasts want more power out of their engines. They also ask the question, "Should I use a turbocharger or a supercharger?" There may be confusion about the difference between the two,...

The Ford Power Stroke is a turbodiesel truck engine that has been produced since 1994. Intended to compete with truck engines from other American automakers, the Power Stroke has been refined over...

The German-built Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the automaker's mid-size executive series that comes in a variety of models and engine sizes. While the E-Class badge only began to appear on models in...

VTEC is an engine system developed by the Honda Motor Company. It was developed by Honda engineer Ikuo Kajitani, and uses technology that dates back to the early 1980s. VTEC engines use...

The turbocharger is the recipient of a great deal of engineering and automotive innovation. From its initial applications in aircraft to its inclusion in passenger cars, the turbo has been refined...

The Honda Integra was a Japanese compact car first introduced in 1986. The Integra was available in a three-door hatchback configuration as well as a four-door sedan version. In North America,...

The compact hatchback Volkswagen Golf GTI, rebadged as the Rabbit GTI in the United States, arrived two years after the debut of the standard Golf/Rabbit model in 1974. The Golf was designed as a...

The BMW 330ci was a model in BMW's 3 Series line available from 2001 to 2006. BMW classes the 330ci a "compact executive car". During its production, the 330ci was offered as a coupe and...

Suzuki first started as a loom making business and thrived that way for its first 30 years. In 1937 management saw a need to diversify and started creating cars, but that part of the company...

The BMW 318ti was a compact three-door hatchback. It was introduced in 1994 and was produced for 10 years.

The driving force behind the movement of a car is a device called an internal combustion engine. Within this engine, there is a constant cycle of ignition and combustion. Fuel is ignited by spark...

The Cadillac Northstar V-8 belongs to the Premium V family of engines that also is used in the Pontiac and Buick and saw brief service in the Oldsmobile as the Aurora L47. It was originally...

VTEC engines, as well as HYPER VTEC engines, use a valve train system, which was developed by Honda. A VTEC engine, or variable timing and lift electronic control, improves the four-cylinder...

An airplane's engine is broken down into three parts that make them work. They are the compressor, combustion area and turbine. The compressor is a cone-shaped cylinder that contains small fan...

The Smart (Swatch Mercedes Art) car was originally designed as an economic solution to fuel efficiency and pollution, while at the same time providing a practical resolution to parking problems...

The thing that makes an automobile move is first and foremost the engine or motor (and, of course, the fuel or energy that runs it). But there are lots of other things necessary for an automobile...

Chevy 350. Ford 351 Cleveland. Mopar 440. Car enthusiasts will recognize these as some of the premiere engines from the muscle car days. These days we are barraged with engine sizes given to us in...

The modern internal combustion high-speed gasoline-powered engine is the single most important power source for cars and trucks. Its basic design and operation remains unchanged after 125 years,...

Diesel cars have been around since the late 19th century, when Rudolf Diesel invented an internal combustion engine to replace the steam engine. Diesel cars have seen varying degrees of...

Frenchman Leon Levavasseur was a 39-year-old inventor in 1902 when he took out a patent for the first V-8 engine he called the Antoinette. The V8 since then has become the most reliable and...

The timing belt is located at the front of most engines, which may not necessarily mean the front of the vehicle. On older, rear-wheel-drive vehicles and newer trucks and luxury cars, the timing...

The battery provides a vehicle with the twelve volts necessary to power things when the car isn't actually running. For startup purposes, the battery is responsible for sending electricity to the...