Does your engine need a valve adjustment? It depends on the age, condition and brand of vehicle you’re driving. Due to the popularization of roller-follower valve train designs that reduce friction ...

EGR stands for exhaust gas recirculation, and the EGR valve is part of a system that does as the name implies: recirculate exhaust gas back into the engine’s intake manifold for a return trip to the ...

Last month's "How It Works" story gave you the basics of the four-stroke cycle, describing the motion of the intake and exhaust valves in relation to the piston moving up and down in the cylinder.

Your engine is composed of many moving parts and pieces. In order to move through the four stages of internal combustion, all of these bits and bobs are quite necessary. Some engines, however, take ...

You've probably read this line a dozen times: "It's never been easier to make horsepower than right now." While that's true, it also means everything else in the engine is now more highly stressed.

The 3.3L V6 twin-turbo in the 2018 Kia Stinger won a 2018 Ward’s Auto 10 Best Engines award. The aluminum engine produces 365 horsepower and 376 lb-ft of torque. The engine has a wide range of useful ...

Although hybrids are becoming more popular with manufacturers – the technology being a relatively simple, cost-effective way to meet regulation and customer demand for some level of electrification in ...