Cold winter mornings often prompt drivers to start their cars and let them idle before driving. This practice stems from ...

Inlast month's issue, we outlined the installation of an electronic fuel injection (EFI) system onto the vintage Pontiac V-8 residing in Lou Rotella's 1967 Firebird. Its modified Quadrajet carburetor ...

Over time and miles, your car might start to slow down. It might not accelerate as quickly as it once did; the engine may not run as smoothly as you remember, or the fuel economy may dip—but ...

Though the carburetor mixes up a batch of gasoline and air into a combustible mixture under widely varying circumstances and conditions, the job of delivering th s mixture to the individual cylinders ...

There are differing opinions on how long an engine should idle and warm up before the car is driven, and this difference of opinion stems from changes in technology. Some say you should let it idle at ...

Having fuel injectors on all mass-produced vehicles is one of the biggest automotive breakthroughs of the past few decades. If you've ever gone through having to start an engine with a poorly tuned ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Your fuel pump pushes fuel from your gas tank through your fuel lines to your engine. Then, your fuel injectors are responsible for spraying just the right amount of gas into your combustion chambers ...

Diesel engines rely on different types of fuel injection. Mechanical was used early on, but common rail became more popular for a few reasons.