Beginners Guide Tips and Tutorials Archive

A hybrid car uses two forms energy - gasoline and electricity - for propulsion in an effort to keep CO2 emissions to a minimum and maximize fuel economy. At lower speeds, say when the car is traveling through town, the electric motors can work alone to drive the wheels, and the internal combustion...

A head gasket is the gasket that sits between the cylinder head and the block. Its job is to seal the two mating surfaces of the top and bottom halves of the engine. This means, unlike any other gasket in an engine, the head gasket has to seal oil, coolant, and compression from the cylinders...

Most drivers’ relationship with diesel fuel begins and ends with the pump at the filling station. It’s what they put in their diesel powered cars, or more often, what they've seen truck drivers put in their rigs. It’s dirty, smelly, oily stuff (it’s sometimes called diesel oil) which is why...