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Engine Service Light Trouble Codes
RegisteredTechnical GuidesEngine Service Light Trouble Codes How to Check for Trouble Codes If you see a "check engine" or a "service engine soon" light in your instrument cluster, your car has stored a ...
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Engine Tune-up
RegisteredTechnical GuidesBasic Car Engine Tune-up Most vehicles have ignition systems and a throttle bore. The enigne's ignition system is the component that ignites the fuel air mixture inside the ...
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Engine Windage
RegisteredTechnical GuidesEngine Windage Explained Windage is a force created on an object by friction when there is relative movement between air and the object. There are two causes of windage: the ...
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Expansion tank
RegisteredTechnical GuidesExpansion tank An expansion tank is also used in the cooling system of most internal combustion engines, to allow the antifreeze and air in the system to expand with rising ...
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Firing order
Technical GuidesEngine Firing order The firing order is the sequence of power delivery of each cylinder in a multi-cylinder reciprocating engine. This is achieved by sparking of the spark plugs ...
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Flat-eight engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlat-eight engine A flat-8 or horizontally opposed-8 is an internal combustion engine in flat configuration, having 8 cylinders. The most famous engine of this type is the ...
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Flat-four engine
Technical GuidesFlat-four engine A flat-four or horizontally opposed-4 is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central ...
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Flat-six engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlat-six engine A flat-6 or horizontally opposed-6 is a flat engine with six cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of three cylinders on each side of a central crankcase. ...
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Flat-sixteen engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlat-sixteen engine A flat-16 is an internal combustion engine in flat configuration, having 16 cylinders. There are few examples. The British engine manufacturing company ...
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Flat-twelve engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlat-twelve engine A flat-12 is an internal combustion engine in a flat configuration, having 12 cylinders. The flat-12 is wider (but significantly lower in height) than a V12 . ...
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Flat-twin engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlat-twin car engine A flat-twin is a two cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders arranged on opposite sides of the crankshaft. It is a flat engine with two ...
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Flathead engine
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFlathead engine A flathead engine (aka sidevalve engine, flathead, or flatty) is an internal combustion engine with valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead ...
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Four-stroke engine explained
Technical GuidesFour-stroke engine explained How a four stroke engine works. There are two basic types of engines in common use today, namely two stroke and four stroke. These take their names ...
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Four-stroke engine History
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFour-stroke engine History A four-stroke engine (also known as four-cycle) is an internal combustion engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes—intake, ...
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Freeze (frost) plug
RegisteredTechnical GuidesEngine Freeze (frost) plug A true freeze plug is an expansion plug located in the side of an engine block that is supposed to protect the block against freeze damage. Water ...
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Fuel filter
RegisteredTechnical GuidesFuel filter Explained A fuel filter is a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel, normally made into cartridges containing a filter paper. ...
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Fuel Filter injection Replace
RegisteredTechnical GuidesReplace Car Fuel Filter injection A vehicles fuel filter is used to keep the fuel that is used in the fuel injection system clean to avoid plugging the fuel injectors and the ...
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Fuel injection Pump Regulator Test
RegisteredTechnical GuidesCheck injection Fuel Pump and Regulator Test Typical Bosch injection System Your car's engine depends on constant fuel under pressure to supply the fuel injection system ...
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