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Car Engines need some Spring Cleaning too.

Danny Lehrman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:35 +0000

Sweep away winter engine problems

[/caption] As the winter breaks and spring time comes, this is the most opportune time to do some service on your car, truck, RV, or whatever you drive. The winter this year was particularly bad, even in Florida where I live it got close to 30 degrees. That’s [...]

How Foreign and Domestic Engines Fuel Systems Operate

Danny Lehrman — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:25:08 +0000

Automotive Fuel Injection Systems

[/caption] Engine Sensors provide the correct amount of fuel for every operating condition, the car engines engine control unit (ECU) has to monitor a huge number of input sensors. Here are just a few: * Mass airflow sensor * [...]

Engines: 2010 ECOTEC 2.4L SIDI Engine

Danny Lehrman — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:29:26 +0000

Chevy four cylinder Ecotec engines

[/caption] This is the first of the Chevy Ecotec engines, a non-turbo four-cylinder ECOTEC to get direct injection. It’s making it’s debut on the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox with 182 HP and 30 MPG on the highway. Expect this engine to make it’s way to more applications in the [...]

Fast food is bad for your cars engine too.

Danny Lehrman — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:19:50 +0000

Change your engines oil

[/caption] When I passed McDonald’s the other day the line for the drive through was about 20 cars long. Well I was going to Subway to get a $5.00 foot-long. What struck me was here, all these folks are sitting in line for [...]

Ethanol Engine Fuels Fires require special firefighting foam

Danny Lehrman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:17:10 +0000

Ethanol fueled engines on fire.

[/caption] The nation’s drive to use more alternative fuel carries a danger many communities have been slow to recognize: Ethanol fuel fires are harder to put out than gasoline engine fuel fires and require a special type of firefighting foam. Many fire departments around the country don’t have the [...]

Chevy Vortec 4800 Engines for Sale at Cost.

Danny Lehrman — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:22:47 +0000

Chevrolet Vortec 4800 engines

[/caption] The Vortec 4800 LR4 is a Generation III small block Chevy V8 truck engine. Displacement is 4.8 L or 293 cu inches engine. It is the smallest of the Generation III Vortec truck engines and was the replacement for the 5.0 L 5000 [...]

History of Auto Recalls on Engines and More.

Danny Lehrman — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:06:01 +0000

Toyota 5SFE Engines

[/caption] Toyota’s ongoing recalls of more than 8 million motor vehicles rank as some of the most significant in U.S. automotive history. It is not the largest recall in history. Here are some other sizable, infamous recalls from the past. Recalls include all types of problems, from safety issues to [...]

Diesel Engines: A Large Amount of Trivia

Danny Lehrman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:11 +0000

Diesel Engines for Sale

[/caption] Diesel engines have been serving the world in many ways. In general, most of the large construction equipment, large trucks, enormous generators, boats and many more tremendous vehicles and machinery are powered by huge diesel engines. When I saw this story about the largest diesel engine [...]

V-8 Engine Blocks Machined From Sold Aluminum.

Danny Lehrman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:30:37 +0000

This video represents the amazing process of machining an engine block out of one sold piece of aluminum, the V8 Engine Block is Machined on a Matsuura 5 axis MAM72-63V CNC state of the art Machine Tool. CNC is an acronym for ”computer numerically controlled”. This means that once a lathe specialist programs the computer [...]

New Years Resolution: Get Your Engine Running.

Danny Lehrman — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:23:51 +0000

Honda Engines for Sale

[/caption] With the new year and new decade safely arriving, perhaps it is time to start to make a New Years resolution to get your cars engine running. Christmas absorbs a lot of money, most of the money goes to gifts for family and friends and [...]