Learn what whining, grinding, clunking, buzzing, and rattling transmission noises mean in manual and automatic cars, plus diagnosis and repair steps.
Manual and Automatic Transmission Noise: Causes, Diagnosis, and Fixes Read More
Steering wheel noises when turning can come from power steering fluid, tie rods, ball joints, CV joints, strut mounts, or the steering rack. Here is how to diagnose them.
Noises and Knocks When Turning the Steering Wheel: Causes and Fixes Read More
Learn what causes carbon buildup on pistons, the symptoms to watch for, how mechanics diagnose it, and the safest ways to clean and prevent deposits.
Carbon Buildup on Pistons: Causes, Symptoms, and Proven Solutions Read More
Deconstructing the “Heat Cycle” In motorsport, a “heat cycle” is the metric by which we measure a tire’s life. But this thermodynamic phenomenon happens every time you commute to work or carve through a canyon
How Ambient Temperature And Storage Affect Tire Wear Read More
The short answer is an absolute, undeniable yes. If you are sitting at a red light and your car feels like it is shivering, vibrating, or suddenly struggling to stay awake, bad spark plugs are
Bad Spark Plugs Can Cause Rough Idle – Here’s How Read More
The “Big Three” Heat Generators To understand why an EV needs cooling, we first have to look at where the heat is coming from. In a modern electric powertrain, there are three primary culprits: 1.
Why Electric Vehicles Still Need Cooling Read More
There are few gestures in the automotive world as theatrical, provocative, and purely cinematic as the upward sweep of a scissor door. As a motoring journalist who has spent over twenty-five years dissecting the mechanical
Cars with scissor doors Read More
The Oil Sump At the absolute foundation of the internal combustion engine’s lubrication ecosystem lies the Oil Pan, technically referred to as the Oil Sump. While novices often view the oil pan merely as a bucket bolted
This is the engine component that stores oil for lubrication Read More
1. The Three-Way Catalyst System To accurately value a catalytic converter, one must look beyond the external steel shell and understand the metallurgy of the ceramic monolith within. The “Three-Way Catalyst” utilizes a ceramic honeycomb
Here is how much platinum a catalytic converter contains Read More
1. Identify the Baseline Important Check: Refer to your Owner’s Manual immediately. Putting Red ATF into a transmission requiring Blue CVT fluid will destroy the transmission in less than 50 miles. 2. The Fluid Color Diagnostic
All Colors of Transmission Fluid Read More
