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Tech Tip: Cavitation - A Cooling System's Worst Nightmare
One of the main concerns created by cavitation is the erosion of the metal on the outside surface of cylinder liners.
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Tech Tip: Dodge/Jeep Engine Misfire at Idle
This bulletin applies to vehicles equipped with a 3.7L engine in which the customer may experience occasional engine misfire at idle. The malfunction ...
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Tech Feature: Troubleshooting Internal Errors - Solving Piston and Ring Breakdowns
Rings that do not seal well during all four phases of the four-cycle combustion process can reduce an engine's power potential by 20, 30, 40 or more h...
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Tech Tip: Ford Camshaft Tick Noise
Some of the affected vehicles built Jan. 17, 2006 and later equipped with the 3.0L 4V Duratec engine with exhaust camshaft-driven water pumps may exhi...
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Finishing Valve Seats on Today's Multi-Valve Cylinder Heads
The techniques we have used over the years have worked great on older, large-valved engines. However, some of today's newer engines with the tiny valv...
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Tech Feature: Straight Up Look at the Vortec 3500 Straight-Five Engine
The five-cylinder was seen as a way to achieve better fuel economy and performance than the six, but with more power and torque than the four.
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Cylinder Head Sealing – Gasket Surface Machining Is The Most Critical Area of Cylinder Head Repair
Early this year, I had a chat with a technical representative for a major aftermarket gasket manufacturer who shed some light on some of the problem...
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Directions: Performance Powered - Chevrolet Celebrates 100 Years
For its first 40 years, Chevrolet seemed content designing, building and installing four- and six-cylinder engines in its ­vehicles. But all that chan...
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Tech Spec: Tackling Old Timers - Salvaging Pre-War Era Engines
It's often surprising to some people that parts for these cars are still available. For other engine specialists, it's sometimes more surprising when ...
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Tech Spec: Retro Work - Service Tips for the PT Cruiser
Although classified as a truck in the U.S. by the NHTSA for CAFE fuel economy reasons, The PT Cruiser was considered to be more like a car by most oth...
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Flexing Rocker Arm Muscle
How a Time Tested Technology Has Provided Proven Performance
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