Diesel Coolants: The Right Fluid For The Right Application
Which antifreeze should you use in your diesel engine? It seems just when you think that things are starting to settle down, some spec changes. Engine oil has been a hot topic over the past several months and has seen many changes over the past 10 years.
Solving Nissan Performance & Check Engine Light Issues
What do you do when you hit the vehicle’s start button and nothing happens?
VIDEO: Understanding Modern Engine Intake, Water Pump And Thermostat Gaskets
Andrew Markel discusses new gasket designs and how they are used on modern engines.
Engine Gasket Guide: Pairing The Gasket With The Correct Sealant And Surface
There are endless combinations of engines, applications and gaskets on the market. Here is a quick guide on how to match gaskets with the correct sealants and surface treatments.
Speed Density Systems Performance Reliability For Modern Engines
Modern engine technology is changing our Âconcept of how we increase engine torque and fuel economy.
Cool Under Pressure: Choosing The Correct Coolant For The Job
Modern coolants, in their many colors and compositions, have helped extend the service intervals and replacement schedules of cooling system components. Driven in part by the OEMs longer powertrain warranty, many components are engineered to last beyond this “magic number,” sometimes up to 100,000 miles.
Vintage V8s – Exploring 100 Years Of Eight-Cylinder Cadillac Engines
For more than a century, the name Cadillac has been synonymous with performance, style and passion. And, in the early years of the Cadillac Automobile Company, it was a former loom mechanic – Henry Martyn Leland – who was credited with forging the technologies that separated Cadillac from the other automobile businesses that were springing up at the turn of the 20th century.
Chevrolet’s LT Engine Reboot
In 2014, GM brought back the highly recognized RPO code LT1. The reason for the comeback was due to more power and efficiency with fewer emissions. The new LT1 revision consists of a 6.2L (376 cu. in.) package weighing in at 465 lbs. delivering 450 hp and 450 ft.-lbs. of torque and offering 26 mpg. The new LT1 is more efficient, more powerful and offers more response than a smaller V8. Also, the new LT1 is faster than a twin-turbo V6.
The Engine Thermostat: Understanding Electronically Assisted Thermostats
The engine thermostat has been an important component in automotive internal combustion engines for almost a century. The engine thermostat helps to speed warmup and reduce cylinder ring wear. Today, the engine thermostat plays an important role in increasing engine combustion efficiency and reducing emissions. To accomplish that task, engine thermostat functions are controlled by the engine’s electronic control unit (ECU), ensuring precise regulation of temperature based on the engine’s loads.
Proper Coolant Selection Prevents System Degradation
Coolant is easily analogized to blood, both being liquids that are essential to the functioning of an entire complex system. The analogy extends even Âfurther though because, like blood, coolant has different types, and it’s not a stretch these days to say that swapping an OAT with an HOAT, or vice versa, is on the level of transfusing Type A blood with Type B.
